Learn about the Petrochemical Industry
The following resources include scientific studies and research on the public health impacts of the petrochemical industry, toolkits for working with community leaders, fact sheets and flyers on the petrochemical buildout and links to state legislative leaders in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
This includes everything from factsheets and a research database on petrochemical health impacts to how to write letters to the editor, OpEds, testimonies for public hearings and speeches for rallies, sign-making, action strategies and more.
To access private library of coalition resources, please join POPCO with your organization, or log into our private member portal.
Public Resources
Here are some public resources collected by POPCO members. For more resources, including our private coalition library, visit the POPCO directory.
Essential Links
- FracTracker: Oil and Gas 101
- PennFuture: The Problem with Pipelines By Jared Stonesifer
- Disability Prepareness
- BreatheProject: Understanding Petrochemical Processes, Definitions, What is Fracking
- Mountain Watershed Association: Fracking Help Center
- FracTracker: Maps of the Petrochemical Build-out
- FracTracker: Pipeline Maps + Resources
- FracTracker: The Falcon Pipeline Monitoring Project
- FracTracker: Pipeline App
- BreatheProject: Database of Scientific Reports on Impacts of Fossil Fuel Pollution
- FracTracker: Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Infrastructure mapping tool
Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Infrastructure mapping Tool
Activist Toolkits
Contact Your Elected State Officials
Campaign Projects
The coalition supports a wide-range of campaigns targeting the petrochemical expansion currently underway – focusing on specific issues. Learn about the issues facing our region and current actions you can take.
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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…
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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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Ban Vinyl Chloride
Vinyl chloride is carcinogenic petrochemical that’s used almost exclusively to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic and vinyl. Vinyl chloride is known to cause cancer,…
Photo Library
Access high quality photos you can use in your campaigns against petrochemical facilities. Turnip greens yarrow riceean rutabaga endive cauliflower sea lettuce kohlrabi amaranth water spinach avocado daikon napa cabbage asparagus winter purslane kale.
FracTracker’s Photo Album
- PennFuture: The Problem with Pipelines By Jared Stonesifer
- BreatheProject: Understanding Petrochemical Processes, Definitions, What is Fracking
- Mountain Watershed Association: Fracking Help Center
- FracTracker: Maps of the Petrochemical Build-out
- FracTracker: Pipeline Maps + Resources
- FracTracker: The Falcon Pipeline Monitoring Project
- FracTracker: Pipeline App
- BreatheProject: Database of Scientific Reports on Impacts of Fossil Fuel Pollution
- FracTracker: Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Infrastructure mapping tool
Mark Dixon’s Petrochemical Related Albums
- Plastic nurdle photos
- Paddle Over Petro event during Shale Insight 2018 conference
- DEP Hearings about the Falcon Pipeline
- DEP Meeting about fracking at Edgar Thomson Mill near Braddock, PA
Media (Video)
Media is essential in pushing out campaign messaging. Many people across the country have no idea that the multi-state region is the country’s next sacrifice zone for gas industry expansion. By sharing news stories, videos, photos, and blogs on the coalition’s work we help to spread the message.
ASH — An Overview of Fracking (for Plastics).
Disability and Disaster Archive: East Palestine Train Derailment
This is the first installment in the Disaster & Disability Archive Project, focusing on the East Palestine train derailment. The Disaster and Disability Archive Project will aim to capture the lived experiences of people with disabilities during and after a major disaster. Disabled people must navigate a world that wasn’t built for them, and these structural issues only become worse when disaster strikes. The project will amplify disabled voices and use their wisdom to help influence policy that will protect the most vulnerable when disaster strikes.
EQT Hunter Well Site, Washington County, PA (August 2019)
Petrochemical America: From Cancer Alley to Toxic Valley
Is the Shell Ethane Cracker a Done Deal?
Explore the Resource Hub for Members
Additional resources are gathered and shared among members of POPCO in the directory.
This is a collaborative effort with Halt the Harm Network and other projects also working to gather and distribute materials. Explore using filters, search terms, and get informed on specific issues.
To access private library of coalition resources, please join POPCO with your organization, or log into our private member portal.