By Rachel Meyer

It’s time for our elected officials in Pennsylvania and around the country to cut ties with the petrochemical and plastics industry. As it is, the overall fossil fuel industry (which includes petrochemicals) receives around $760 billion annually in subsidies, tax breaks and other expenditures, all while making record profits.

Shell’s plastic-producing facility in Pennsylvania received millions of dollars in tax breaks from the state. Yet, based on the recent report from The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis titled, “Shell’s Petrochemical Problem in Pennsylvania: Lessons To Learn From Shell’s Petrochemical Investment in Monaca, Pennsylvania,” the plant has underperformed economically and is creating financial risks for Shell.

As a resident of Beaver C

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