Shell and Donora: Tale of Two Stories from the Observer-Reporter [of Washington & Greene counties]
"Sunday's front page featured an ironic juxtaposition of articles. One story, an Associated Press article under the headline, "States vie for huge new Shell gas plant," described the competition among the states under which the rich Marcellus Shale gas reserves lie for "cracker plants" - large petrochemical refineries that would employ thousands. Right next to it was the local story of Donora, the Monongahela River town all but abandoned since the departure of the steel mills. The proximity of the two articles must have prompted many readers, as well as us, to ask this question: Isn't Donora the most obvious location for such an enormous industrial operation?"
"Sunday's front page featured an ironic juxtaposition of articles. One story, an Associated Press article under the headline, "States vie for huge new Shell gas plant," described the competition among the states under which the rich Marcellus Shale gas reserves lie for "cracker plants" - large petrochemical refineries that would employ thousands. Right next to it was the local story of Donora, the Monongahela River town all but abandoned since the departure of the steel mills. The proximity of the two articles must have prompted many readers, as well as us, to ask this question: Isn't Donora the most obvious location for such an enormous industrial operation?"
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