The now-complete petrochemical facility cuts a striking contrast to this quiet backdrop. “It’s like the eye of Sauron.In 2014, when Jackie Shock-Stewart and her husband Matt Stewart first moved to
Shell’s new ethane cracker was supposed to be an economic “game changer” for Beaver County. But some of its neighbors are now fleeing its light, noise and air pollution–and the facility is facing two lawsuits.
Organizers took to the Beaver County Courthouse Thursday to implore the Board of Commissioners to support greater oversight of Shell s ethane cracker plant.
The train carrying hazardous material derailed a quarter of a mile from the PA state line. The aftermath has environmentally impacted East Palestine, Ohio.