Petition

Hold Shell Accountable in Pennsylvania

64,788 signatures. Let’s get to 75K

Update: Only One and the Shell Accountability Coalition made our first petition delivery in Beaver County on June 8th, 2023. Combined with petitions from Friends of the Earth and Earthworks, we delivered more than 60,000 total signatures to the Beaver County Commissioners. Shell just turned on a massive industrial plastics complex in Western Pennsylvania that risks poisoning the local air and water. Add your name to urge Shell to implement basic health and safety measures to protect the surrounding communities from danger.

The decision to turn on the petrochemical facility — which converts fossil fuels into single-use plastic products — comes despite fierce opposition from local Beaver County residents to prevent the plant’s 24 hour pollution cycle from contaminating the Ohio River and surrounding community.

The Shell facility utilizes a similar process to create plastic as the facilities that line the banks of Cancer Alley — a corridor along the Mississippi river so toxic that the risk of cancer for residents is up to 50 times higher than the rest of the country.

Just two weeks after announcing the plant was operational, Shell announced there was a “malfunction” at the facility. · Mark Dixon

In 2022, residents sent Shell a six point to-do list for accountability and transparency, but so far the company has not taken a single meaningful measure to address local concerns and prepare the community in the event of a disaster.

The checkered history of the petrochemical industry also demonstrates that the everyday operations of these facilities are toxic and a significant flare up or pollution event is not a matter of if, but when.

Only One is proud to partner with Eyes on Shell and Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community to call on Shell to implement the following six basic health measures. If they fail to implement these measures, the safety and quality of life of Pennsylvanians will be on the line.

Shell’s To-Do List:

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 - 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

Please add your name to the petition on behalf of the frontline communities facing the worst consequences of the plastics industry, then share the campaign on social media to help build momentum.
Supporters
Nicole B

we need to save our planet! everyone should be held accountable!

14 hours ago
LaSonja H

Im Human

1 day ago
Tabytha T

it's important

1 week ago
Gabrielle S

I care about the earth and the air and all beings.

2 weeks ago
Jane C

Plastic is destroying our planet and our lives. Get it OUT of the waste stream. Everyone's health is at risk. There's no hiding from it.

3 weeks ago
Savannah R

I am signing because I frequently drive through this area of Pennsylvania and I am absolutely appaled at the amount of gasses this company exposes to…

3 weeks ago
Wyoming I

stop with plastic already

2 months ago
William F

Every large corporation should be held accountable for any And every Catastrophe problem Or mistake that has been made Especially when it's released i…

5 months ago
Friederike F

I am signing because I love nature and animals and cannot watch them die for greediness.

5 months ago
Andrea S

I live in Pennsylvania. It is time for oil companies to turn to alternative fuels. Stop destroying our state.

5 months ago
Joshua H

We all care about our families and your kids and grandkids. Protecting the waters is essential their livelihood. Some people think that it won't effec…

9 months ago
Jaclyn Z

the fossil fuel industry needs to be held accountable for the damage they have done to our planet!!

9 months ago
M M

All human behavior that is detrimental to the environment is currently incentivized, while activity that would be less harmful is penalized. We need t…

9 months ago
Haley H

I want a better future

9 months ago
Kathleen B

Big companies are only doing the bare minimum to stay in the good graces of the public. They canon must do more. It’s time for us to put the protectio…

9 months ago
shawna d

The potential for air & water poisoning from this plant is alarming considering the facility's location near the Ohio River, & comparable to Cancer Al…

9 months ago
Rachel B

i live in Pennsylvania

9 months ago
Adri S

Shell needs to be held accountable for their actions - with such record profits, they can do better to invest in cleaner, climate-friendlier practices

9 months ago
Izabela F

it is a desperately needed change

9 months ago
Beth A

i support this campaign

9 months ago
amelia b

corporations need to pay for the destruction of our planet

9 months ago
Jenna B

All people have a right to a Healthy and Clean enviroment.

9 months ago
Gabrielle H

Businesses should not profit at the cost of people and the planet.

9 months ago
Betty W

I know we can - and must - reduce the manufacture and use of plastics and all fossil fuel-related uses. It is an urgent matter of health, economics an…

10 months ago
Stefanie D

Mother Earth

10 months ago
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