Norfolk Southern is going to pay out $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement following the disastrous February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. That may sound like a lot of money, but some worry that it isn’t nearly enough to cover all of the long-term health issues that may pop up down the … Read more
President Joe Biden understands the devastating risks of toxic chemicals. “It’s personal,” he said in August 2022, before signing into law a bill to expand health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during deployments overseas. “Toxic smoke, thick with poison, spreading through the air and into the lungs of our troops,” Biden … Read more
Photo: Nancy Run Fire Company A Norfolk Southern train somehow crashed head-on into another Norfolk Southern train on the same track in Eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday. Fortunately, there was a third NS train on an adjacent track to break its fall. Two locomotives ended up on a river embankment after the crash, with container cars scattered … Read more
President Joe Biden visited the disaster-stricken rural village of East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday, more than a year after a freight train loaded with hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals derailed there. Biden faced enormous criticism for not making the trip sooner, with some Republicans accusing him of ignoring the community because of … Read more
As 2023 drew to a close, the Environmental Protection Agency sent out a news release highlighting actions it had taken throughout the year that “showcase unprecedented efforts to protect human health and the environment.” On the list of accomplishments was the agency’s response to the chemical disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, that stemmed from a … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Saturday marks one year since a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spreading toxic chemicals all over the community. And in that time, Congress has done “absolutely nothing” to make railroads safer, and keeps failing to act on bipartisan legislation to prevent something like that from happening … Read more
Screenshot: WJW A truck carrying hazardous material from the East Palestine train derailment crashed Tuesday in Novelty, Ohio, roughly 20 miles east of Cleveland. While a hazmat team has contained the spilled material, this crash is yet another misstep in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern derailment in February last year, which contaminated the small … Read more
The small town of East Palestine, Ohio, ended up in the headlines for weeks this February after a Norfolk Southern train hauling dangerous chemicals jumped its tracks and created an environmental nightmare for residents and clean-up crews alike. After almost a year, things are not much better in East Palestine. The 2023 Dodge Challenger Swinger … Read more
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