October 13, 2026
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC wants a federal court to throw out an environmental group's lawsuit alleging air and water pollution from its ethane "cracker" plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania, arguing a pair of consent agreements with the state Department of Environmental Protection already address the same claims.
April 28, 2025
A Philadelphia-based environmental group suing Shell over pollution from a Western Pennsylvania chemical plant balked at a federal court's order that it pay 15% of the cost to resolve a discovery dispute, arguing it could be left with a potentially devastating tab.
August 02, 2023
Environmental advocates suing Shell for air pollution from a Pennsylvania plastic plant asked a Keystone State federal court to ditch the petrochemical company's attempt to dismiss the suit, arguing it filed deficient defenses of the facility's toxic emissions.
May 11, 2023
A new Shell petrochemical plant in Western Pennsylvania violated federal and state limits on several air pollutants since its operations began late in 2022, according to a citizen enforcement lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday by the Clean Air Council.