MONACA, Pa. (KDKA) — The Shell cracker plant came to Beaver County with the promise of creating thousands of new jobs and spawning a new industry in the Ohio River Valley. But one-and-a-half years ...

Shell could be exploring the sale of its chemical plants, including its recently constructed Beaver County ethane cracker. The plant, which makes polyethylene, a common plastic, is among those that ...

The Shell plant in Beaver County produces polyethylene, a type of single-use plastic, using ethane. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization ...

An image of the Shell plastics plant in Pennsylvania on April 26. Shell said April 25 that it would start using its “elevated flare this afternoon” and expected the work to continue through the ...