By 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 ...

By Erica Jackson, FracTracker Alliance  In March of 2019, two and a half years after Shell Pipeline Co. announced plans for the Falcon Ethane Pipeline System, the imported pipes arrived at the

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 ...

By Mark DixonLots of people approach me and ask about the Shell Cracker. They often don’t know that it is designed to make plastic from fracked natural gas. They often don’t know that it will require a pipeline that will pass near 240 groundwater wells and put 8700 people into its “vapor zone.” What they all do know is that they heard it was a “done deal,” implying that it ...