Shell to pay $10 million for air pollution violations at Pennsylvania petrochemical plant.

Shell has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that it polluted the air around its new petrochemical refinery in Pennsylvania. The plant violated air emissions limits and was shut down months after opening due to a problem with a system designed to burn off unwanted gases. Shell will pay a civil penalty of about $5 million, with a portion going towards environmental projects in Beaver County, and will funnel a total of $6.2 million to the community. Environmental advocacy groups had fought the plant, predicting it would generate more plastic pollution and compounds that form smog and planet-warming greenhouse gases.