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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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Shell Falcon Pipeline: Protect the Ambridge Reservoir & Communities
The residents of Beaver County and Allegheny County (BCMAC and CPAR) have aligned with Fractracker Alliance to educate residents on the explosive risks posed by the proximity of the Shell Falcon Pipeline to a major source of drinking water for 35,000 residents as well as residential homes and recreational and wildlife areas.The DEP has issued three letters to Shell Pipeline on 101 deficiencies including concerns about the location of the pipeline near the reservoir as well as to marshland and conservation areas. Stay tuned. For more information, contact Terrie Baumgartner at BCMAC, Terrie Baumgardner <[email protected]>.
CAC's Southwest Pennsylvania Neighbors for Clean Air
The goal of the Southwest PA Neighbors for Clean Air initiative is to create 100 neighborhood groups of 10 members throughout the region so that residents can learn about and take action on the most pressing environmental issues in Southwest Pennsylvania. In the nine months since the first leader training session, CAC has trained over 80 group leaders, and 20 groups now meet regularly. Contact Dave Smith ([email protected]) to join a group or find out more information.
COMMUNITY VOICES
Paddle Against Petro United Three States Against The Gas Industry. The Campaign Continues
July 2, 2018On 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 ...
The Shell Ethane Cracker Is NOT A Done Deal
May 21, 2018By 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 ...
Shell Appalachia: What A Complete Lack of Transparency Looks Like
April 27, 2018By Thaddeus PopovichShell Pipeline Company rolled into Raccoon Township Fire Hall this month, their usual company entourage and multimedia show in tow.More than a dozen employees – clad in slate-colored golf shirts with the orange company logo – milled about the room setting up large topographical maps of the Shell Falcon Pipeline route on tri-pods. The meeting started and followed a ...
"Polite People Get Poisoned" -- Lois Gibbs' Keynote Address at SW PA Air Quality EventJumping straight to the point with, "polite people get poisoned," Lois Gibbs delivered a powerful keynote speech last night with essential messages for those working to resist the massive and devastating petrochemical expansion led by the Shell Ethane Cracker Plant in SW Pennsylvania. This keynote address took place at the Clean AIr Council's major event, "Building a Future Full of Hope and Promise: Improving Air Quality in Southwestern Pennsylvania" . See all of the moving speeches at the event via recordings posted here: https://inversiondoc.com/2018/04/13/videos-of-building-a-future-full-of-hope-and-promise-swpa-air-quality-event/ .
Posted by Inversion Documentary on Friday, April 13, 2018
Inversion Documentary / Mark Dixon
"Polite People Get Poisoned" -- Lois Gibbs' Keynote Address at Clean Air Council SWPA Air Quality Event
April 14, 2018Jumping straight to the point with, "polite people get poisoned," Lois Gibbs delivered a powerful keynote speech in April with messages for those working to resist the massive and devastating petrochemical expansion led by the Shell Ethane Cracker Plant in SW Pennsylvania as part of Clean Air Council's major event, "Building a Future Full of Hope and Promise: Improving Air Quality in ...
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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Shell gets approval of Ambridge Water Authority for ethane pipeline
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Anya Litvak