In ‘Silent Spring,’ Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. Now, There’s a Plastics Plant Under Construction 30 Miles Away

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By Katelyn WeisbrodMay 10, 2022, 9:00 am218 pts
The Shell facility will emit 2.2 million tons of greenhouse gases and produce 1.6 million tons of plastic pellets each year, and the nature trail past Carson’s homestead is replete with signs of fracking. By Kylie Bense SPRINGDALE, Pa.—If you stand in the sloping yard of the Rachel Carson Homestead and look…

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