An image of the Shell plastics plant in Pennsylvania on April 26. Shell said April 25 that it would start using its “elevated flare this afternoon” and expected the work to continue through the weekend. (Hilary Starcher-O’Toole)
Driving home from work late on April 25, Leah Thomas noticed the sky over Beaver County was glowing red.
“At first I thought maybe it was a fire, or that something was burning,” she said…