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Communities First Sewickley Valley is a group that works to protect the health, safety and the environment in Sewickley, Pa. The group is currently focusing efforts on raising awareness about the proposed Shell Petrochemical Plant in Potter Township and fracking sites in the area and its impact on local air quality and public health.
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Taking On Industrial Pollution and Greenhouse Gases
Title V of the Clean Air Act requires “major sources” of air pollution to obtain operating permits from the EPA or a state or local agency authorized to issue these permits. In Allegheny County, the Allegheny County Health Department in Allegheny County decides these permits. Join GASP, PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council, Clean Water Action, Environmental Integrity Project and the Breathe Project in the effort to clean the region’s air and reduce greenhouse gases.
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.Despite that the DEP issued 101 deficiencies to Shell Pipeline including concerns about the location of the pipeline near the reservoir, schools and communities, DEP approved the Falcon pipeline December 2018. Stay tuned for future campaign actions.
PennFuture's Toxic Neighbor Campaign
Emissions from a developing, massive Shell petrochemical plant in Beaver County would contain a toxic mix of pollutants – particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds, such as acrolein, benzene, toluene and naphthalene – that exacerbate symptoms of asthma and cause cancer.Pennsylvania taxpayers will contribute $1.65 billion in taxpayer dollars toward the construction of the plant which will bring in 600 permanent full-time jobs. This equates to a subsidy of $2,670,000 per job.The plant will emit three times the pollution level of Clairton Coke Works.
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 ...
Mark Dixon
Is the Shell Ethane Cracker a Done Deal?
May 19, 2018Lots 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 isn’t worth fighting. ...
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 ...
SEWICKLEY 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’s Falcon Pipeline Enters Construction Phase
Beaver County Times
By Jared Stonesifer
