Shell Chemical Pennsylvania has completed the temporary winding down of the construction of its Beaver County petrochemical complex, with 95 percent cut in the site’s nearly 6,500-person workforce and plans a small staff to keep the site clean and safe while the governor’s ban on construction is in place.
Shell, under pressure from local and state leaders, announced Wednesday that it was temporarily suspending construction on the Potter Township polyethylene plant, a more than $6 billion project…