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Shell to temporarily suspend construction at ethane cracker plant after days of pressure amid COVID-19

Shell Chemical Appalachia announced Wednesday that it will suspend construction on its sprawling petrochemical project in Potter, Beaver County, which has come under fire in recent days for not shutting down with as many as 8,000 workers at the site.

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Originals

Financial fallout from coronavirus could devastate the fracking and plastics industries

PITTSBURGH—As the U.S. braces for the social and financial impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, some financial analysts predict that two markets will be among those hit hardest: Fracking and plastics manufacturing.

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Toxics

Industry, labor launch effort to tout 'traditional industries'

Environmental concerns about heavy industry and natural gas drilling have stirred intense debate around Pittsburgh. A coalition of local unions and manufacturing companies has launched a new effort to advocate for "traditional and manufacturing industries."

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Energy

Group will stress the economic benefits of industry in Western Pennsylvania

About 500 representatives of labor and industry met in Pittsburgh on Thursday for the launch of an organization dedicated to countering criticism aimed at local industries including steel, natural gas and petrochemicals.

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Energy

Bill potentially allocating billions in subsidies to future petrochemical facilities clears Pa. legislature

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue estimates that the tax credit program will cost the state approximately $22 million per plant per year, until 2050.

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Justice

Beyond fracking: Oil-and-gas industry's toxic waste is radioactive

Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.

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Energy

Fact checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s KDKA radio interview on cracker plants and natural gas

Wolf claimed in the roughly six-minute interview that cracker plants and continuation of the natural gas industry would be a net good for the environment, and disagreed with Peduto's denouncement of the petrochemical industry. City Paper has identified three major claims made by Wolf and has fact-checked them to determine their accuracy.

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Energy

’Pittsburgh isn’t in Beaver County:’ County officials disheartened by Pittsburgh mayor’s dismissal of petrochemical development

Beaver County officials called Peduto's remarks against any additional petrochemical development in western Pennsylvania reckless, disheartening and irrational.

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Climate

Peduto speaks out publicly for the first time against a petrochemical expansion in Western Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto spoke out for the first time publicly against bringing additional petrochemical companies to Western Pennsylvania at the Climate Action Summit in Downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday.

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Toxics

Settlement reached over proposed Ohio cracker plant air permit

Environmental groups have reached a settlement agreement with a petrochemical company in Ohio to beef up air pollution controls at the proposed PTTG petrochemical plant along the Ohio River.

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Children

Toby Rice wins control of EQT after proxy battle

Less than two years after selling their company to EQT, the Rice brothers are back and in charge.

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Pittsburgh

Thousands of tons of foreign steel used at Shell cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

The Shell cracker plant in Beaver County is one of the largest construction projects in the country, using massive amounts of steel. Action News Investigates has learned much of that steel was imported—mostly from China.

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Climate

Federal pipeline safety regulators issue warning on floods

Citing a number of recent incidents, including one in Pennsylvania, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA, sent a warning to natural gas and hazardous liquids pipeline operators earlier this month detailing the dangers of flooding and heavy rain events.

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Energy

Pa. DEP orders Energy Transfer to fix damage to streams and wetlands

Twenty-three streams that flowed through southwestern Pennsylvania before Energy Transfer built its Revolution pipeline have been filled with dirt.

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Water

'There's a water crisis in Pennsylvania': Environmental advocates call for clean water funding

Environmental advocates on Wednesday presented a grim picture of polluted streams, plastic-filled rivers, and underfunded state departments as they called on the Legislature to pony up more money for clean water programs.

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From our Newsroom

Shell to temporarily suspend construction at ethane cracker plant after days of pressure amid COVID-19

Financial fallout from coronavirus could devastate the fracking and plastics industries

Industry, labor launch effort to tout 'traditional industries'

Group will stress the economic benefits of industry in Western Pennsylvania

Bill potentially allocating billions in subsidies to future petrochemical facilities clears Pa. legislature

Beyond fracking: Oil-and-gas industry's toxic waste is radioactive

Fact checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s KDKA radio interview on cracker plants and natural gas

’Pittsburgh isn’t in Beaver County:’ County officials disheartened by Pittsburgh mayor’s dismissal of petrochemical development

Peduto speaks out publicly for the first time against a petrochemical expansion in Western Pennsylvania

Settlement reached over proposed Ohio cracker plant air permit

Toby Rice wins control of EQT after proxy battle

Thousands of tons of foreign steel used at Shell cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Federal pipeline safety regulators issue warning on floods

Pa. DEP orders Energy Transfer to fix damage to streams and wetlands

'There's a water crisis in Pennsylvania': Environmental advocates call for clean water funding

John Harte: Breaking and restoring our life support system

Systems-thinker John Harte gives a roadmap on how we can use the same interconnectedness that is spurring catastrophe to instead promote health and sustainability.

Coronavirus, climate change, and the environment

A conversation on COVID-19 with the director of Harvard University's Center of Climate, Health and the Global Environment.

Paul R. Ehrlich: A pandemic, planetary reckoning, and a path forward

The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing environmental destruction and the deterioration of social and cultural systems into sharp focus. But we can learn from this.

Nate Hagens: Coronavirus exposes economic, cultural, environmental fallacies

Big-picture thinker Nate Hagens on the opportunities and constraints we face confronting coronavirus. His advice: Find your better self and play a role.

Agents of Change: Amplifying neglected voices in environmental health

EHN is teaming up with The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental health leaders

Heroes of another kind

Covid-19 has made heroes out of millions of healthcare workers. Here are a few reporters that have earned our thanks, too.

Systems-thinker John Harte gives a roadmap on how we can use the same interconnectedness that is spurring catastrophe to instead promote health and sustainability.

A conversation on COVID-19 with the director of Harvard University's Center of Climate, Health and the Global Environment.

The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing environmental destruction and the deterioration of social and cultural systems into sharp focus. But we can learn from this.

Big-picture thinker Nate Hagens on the opportunities and constraints we face confronting coronavirus. His advice: Find your better self and play a role.

EHN is teaming up with The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental health leaders

Covid-19 has made heroes out of millions of healthcare workers. Here are a few reporters that have earned our thanks, too.

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