Dara Khosrowshahi

[naviga:h3]Shell, groups reach agreement on air[/naviga:h3]

MONACA — Shell Chemical Appalachia and environmental groups have reached a deal for pollution controls on a planned $6 billion petrochemical, or ethane cracker, plant.

Shell, the Clean Air Council, and the Environmental Integrity Project say the agreement ends the groups’ appeal of an air pollution permit granted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection more than two years ago.

The deal calls for “fenceline” monitoring, meaning it will use pollution detectors — and make that information public on a website — and respond if its emissions are linked to air pollution above certain thresholds. The plant’s flares, which burn off volatile emissions, must also destroy at least 98 percent of those pollutants.

Shell said the plant in Potter Township, Beaver County, will create 6,000 construction jobs, and 600 permanent jobs once it opens.

[naviga:h3]Expedia CEO gets offered job at Uber[/naviga:h3]

DETROIT — Expedia is confirming that CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been offered the top job at ride-hailing company Uber.

Barry Diller, board chairman of the travel booking site, said in a note to employees Monday that he believes Khosrowshahi intends to take the new post, but Diller says nothing has been finalized.

The employee note was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It was the first official confirmation that Khosrowshahi has been offered the Uber job.

Khosrowshahi would replace ousted CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick and will be tasked with changing the company’s dysfunctional culture and leading it from money loser to turning a profit.