PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

On April 3 and 6, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a total of three more Air Quality notices of violation to the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County. Shell also violated its 12-month emission limit for carbon monoxide-- 393.595-- by reporting 1,060.320 tons. tons of nitrogen oxides. Read more here.

Air Pollution 98

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Natural Gas 98

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

Shell also emitted the dangerous pollutants nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide from sources at the plant in the final months of 2022 at rates that exceed permit limits. The fact that Shell began violating them immediately underscores just how little regard its leaders have shown for the residents harmed by the massive facility.

Air Pollution 98

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Fossil Fuels 98

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

The following factsheet on asthma and air pollution from natural gas facilities was compiled by the Environmental Health Project -- Asthma is a chronic disease that affects breathing. Since 2005, shale gas development, also known as unconventional natural gas development (UNGD), has grown rapidly.

Air Pollution 58

Air Pollution Natural Gas Ground-Level Ozone Nitrogen Oxides 58