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Shell's To-Do List: The Community Expects Transparency and Accountability

As Shell’s petrochemical “cracker” plant in Beaver County Pennsylvania becomes fully operational, local communities and families expect Shell (one of the world's richest companies) to monitor pollution, protect their health and safety, and keep them posted about any problems.

Last August, Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community (BCMAC) sent Shell an accountability and transparency To-Do List of the community’s expectations.

Shell failed to acknowledge the first email and still has not met BCMAC’s request for a publicly shareable response to each item on the To-Do List.

You can help! Tell Shell to do their job and address the community’s To Do List.

Sign This Petition:

I am writing to urge you to comply with the more than 20 unaddressed resident expectations outlined in six categories in the Shell To-Do List for transparency and accountability developed by Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community (BCMAC). As one of the world's richest corporations and a self proclaimed "good neighbor," Shell has the resources to go beyond the legal requirements and meet these six demands for community transparency and accountability.

Shell's To-Do List:

The community expects transparency and accountability. We expect Shell to:

1) Ensure the community is prepared for emergencies:

Share emergency response plans with residents
Train residents on understanding fenceline monitoring data
Slow or halt operations during extreme weather events
Equip municipal-level emergency responders with monitors

2) Immediately notify residents and appropriate others of incidents:

Notify in real time and with detail on type, causes, emissions and cleanup
Update residents via local news and social media
Invite BCMAC and Clean Air Council to Shell’s Community Advisory Panel
Notify appropriate agencies: the NRC, DEP, EPA, local water authorities, ORSANCO, Ohio River Basin Alliance, PA Fish and Boat Commission, etc

3) Use the best available monitoring technology:

Infrared cameras for continuous monitoring
Advanced VOC monitors and other equipment
Video cameras on-site and around the plant and publicly accessible 24/7

4) Respect our shared night sky:

Reduce overnight lighting
Share the Exterior Lighting Study report
Provide shielding, filtering, and energy-conserving technology per the International Dark Sky Association (IDSA)

5) Address the plastic crisis:

Share the cumulative health, environmental and climate impacts of the life-cycle of the cracker plant’s product
Publicly reject false solutions such as “advanced recycling”
Invest in R&D to develop sustainable alternatives to plastics

6) Support climate action

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and purchase offsets for them
Use renewable energy to power all operations
Reject false solutions such as blue hydrogen and carbon capture.
Resolve frontline environmental justice concerns about the impact of Shell’s operations

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Shell's To-Do List: The Community Expects Transparency and Accountability

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