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Yesterday two radicalized Big Green groups--the Environmental Integrity Project (based in D.C.) and the Clean Air Council (based in Philadelphia)--filed a notice of intent to sue the Shell Polymers Monaca ethane cracker plant near Pittsburgh. The notice, as well as the coming lawsuit, has all the hallmarks of being planned long ago, perhaps years ago,
It hasn't been a problem-free startup for the mighty Shell ethane cracker plant in Monaca (Beaver County), PA, now called the Shell Polymers Monaca facility. We've noted some of the more prominent issues as we've spotted them in the news. Things like the plant exceeding allowed air emissions (see PA DEP Issues Violation to Shell
Residents living in the vicinity of Energy Transfer’s Revolution Pipeline cryogenic plant in Bulger (Washington County), PA, got a nasty “present” on Christmas morning. Around 7:30 am, residents report hearing an explosion, followed by a fire, at the plant used to separate NGLs (natural gas liquids, including ethane, propane, and butane) from the raw gas
The Shell ethane cracker plant near Pittsburgh (now called Shell Polymers Monaca) had an orange glow over it Monday night. The neighbors were not impressed. According to Shell, there was an issue with the steam generator that caused the operators to initiate ground flaring--the burning of hydrocarbons. The flares relieve pressure by burning off hydrocarbons
Wacko leftists, who are driven nearly to insanity because the mighty Shell ethane cracker actually began full operations last week, are still agitating to close it down. They are self-deluded. More than a dozen local and national radicalized environmental groups launched a "to-do list" campaign to "force" Shell to address what the activists say are