The We, Who we are.
The People Over Petro Coalition (POPCO) is committed to supporting member organizations working with communities on the frontlines to resist the petrochemical and plastic build-out that worsens climate change.
We are also committed to the workers of our member organizations who oftentimes work with limited resources, long hours, experience vicarious trauma and moral injury, and lack health care resources.
The Climate Movement’s success is put at risk by ‘nonprofit’ work environments and expectations, constant turnover, attrition, and staff burnout. POPCO is developing an internal peer support structure to champion the mental well-being of our siblings in this work.
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Climate Change
The Beaver County Shell Ethane Cracker alone needs up to 1000 new fracking wells annually to generate feedstock for plastic production. The cracker will produce climate change pollution equal to
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Plastic
Ninety-nine percent of plastic is made from oil and gas and has undergone several refining phases. Each processing phase generates toxic pollution that…
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Petrochemical Production
Petroleum products are made from fossil fuels and can cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm. They include gasoline, diesel fuel, and lubricants…
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Fracking
It is debatable whether the first oil well was drilled in Oil City, Pennsylvania, or in Volcano, West Virginia. Nevertheless, the birthplace of…
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Disaster Preparedness
When a disaster strikes, like a chemical spill or an explosion, the immediate question is whether the air is safe to breathe and…
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Chemical Recycling
→ EPA ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL REGAN & REGIONAL EPA DIRECTORS Big Oil is touting a false solution to our plastic crisis: dirty pyrolysis and…