ambridge
Citizens to Protect the Ambridge Reservoir (CPAR) works to protect this pristine source of drinking water and prevent the construction of the Falcon Pipeline and other oil and gas operations related to the Shell petrochemical facility through the watershed.
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Accountability for Our Future: The Shell Cracker Plant Will Threaten Our Health. Have Beaver County Residents been Betrayed?
March 2, 2021By Rachel Meyer for Beaver County Voices for Change and BCMACIn Beaver County, many of us are hunters, fishermen, gardeners, or farmers. We care about the land. We are also people who have suffered far too often with cancer and respiratory disease due to pollution. As we learn more about the impacts of the Shell cracker ...
Industry's Petrochemical Dream Would be a Nightmare
January 26, 2021By Terrie Baumgartner, Clean Air Council Reprinted with permission from Clean Air CouncilRoyal Dutch Shell’s 386-acre ethane cracker is set to power up this year about 25 miles outside of Pittsburgh in Beaver County. It was planned as the anchor for a vast Petrochemical Hub of four more crackers strewn across the Ohio River Valley ...
Beaver County Student Calls on Leaders to Stop Global Warming
November 25, 2020By Natalie LeslieMy name is Natalie Leslie and I’m Southwest Pennsylvania National Organization of Women’s youth feminist chair and a senior at Blackhawk High School in Beaver County. Politically, these past four years have been long and hard. I’m thrilled that these days are coming to an end. Our current president divided America drastically, he refused to condemn white supremacy, he ...
Fracktracker and Breathe Project
Petrochemicals and the Cracker Plant
April 30, 2020This video, created by Breathe Project and FracTracker, is an excerpt from the official live stream for the Pittsburgh Earth Week 2020 Teach-in event. We mark the 50th Anniversary of Earth Week by reigniting our dedication to the planet, to each other and to our collective future and call on everyone to be part of a healthier, safer, more ...
AMBRIDGE BLOG
Paddle Against Petro United Three States Against The Gas Industry. The Campaign Continues
By Center for Coalfield Justice and the Breathe Project
On Monday June 18th 2018 more than 60 “kayactivists” from three states met on water and land for the “Paddle Against Petro” on the Allegheny River. The event was held in conjunction with the start of Northeast U.S. Petrochemical Construction conference inside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, which draws executives form Shell, Chevron and other industry, and government representatives. This was the first event to draw organizations from three states – Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia – to join in a protest against the petrochemical industry. Kayactivists were joined by land activists who spoke during a rally about the...
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Homestead Steel to Green New Deal: learning from labor struggles and victories to forge our future
UPDATE — the September 25th event will now take place October 2nd! You’re invited to participate in “Homestead Steel to Green New Deal,” with Mike Stout, the author of *Homestead Steel: The Final Ten Years,* with labor historian Charlie McCollestor, and with the leaders of other union victories from across the Rustbelt region. What can we learn from our Rustbelt history of labor-community struggles, failures, and victories? How can what we learn help to inform and fuel our fight for a Green New Deal for justice, family sustaining jobs, and just plain survival? Register here to receive the Zoom link,…
Fracking Waste Barging is SPOOKY!
Join us for a spooky-themed #HotBargeThursday
BREAKING NEWS
DEP denies PennEnergy Resources’ request to draw millions of gallons of water per day from Big Sewickley Creek
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By Tony Larussa
