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Buttigieg scolds railroads for not doing more to improve safety since Ohio derailment
9 months, 1 week ago

Buttigieg scolds railroads for not doing more to improve safety since Ohio derailment

The Independent  

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Biden Visits Ohio Town 1 Year After Toxic Train Derailment
10 months, 1 week ago

Biden Visits Ohio Town 1 Year After Toxic Train Derailment

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING 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 called the response and recovery efforts in East Palestine over the last year “Herculean” and vowed to hold rail giant Norfolk Southern …

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Norfolk Southern changes policy on overheated bearings, months after Ohio derailment
1 year, 4 months ago

Norfolk Southern changes policy on overheated bearings, months after Ohio derailment

Associated Press  

— A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating bearings, but it’s not clear why the railroad didn’t make similar changes months earlier after an overheating bearing caused the fiery Ohio derailment that prompted nationwide concerns about rail safety. After the derailment, the Brotherhood of …

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Safety concerns dominate Norfolk Southern railroad CEO’s job since Ohio derailment
1 year, 5 months ago

Safety concerns dominate Norfolk Southern railroad CEO’s job since Ohio derailment

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern’s CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a year ago, but it’s safety that has dominated discussions after one of his trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio, creating towering black smoke, forcing evacuations and raising environmental worries. He also has hailed work with unions to …

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The NTSB is holding hearings into the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
1 year, 6 months ago

The NTSB is holding hearings into the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

NPR  

The NTSB is holding hearings into the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio The Norfolk Southern train derailment and fire spewed toxic chemicals into the environment. DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST: The National Transportation Safety Board today begins hearings to investigate just what caused the fiery train derailment, as well as the decision a few days later to vent and burn hazardous …

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Ohio lawmakers OK rail safety rules after train derailment
1 year, 8 months ago

Ohio lawmakers OK rail safety rules after train derailment

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rail safety measures proposed after the February train derailment and toxic chemical burn in East Palestine are closer to becoming law in Ohio, as part of a nearly $13.5 billion transportation budget that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday. Nearly two months after a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in a fiery crash in eastern Ohio, …

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20 cars of Norfolk Southern cargo train derail in Ohio
1 year, 9 months ago

20 cars of Norfolk Southern cargo train derail in Ohio

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a month, officials said. But unlike the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a company spokesperson said there were no hazardous materials aboard the train, The Columbus Dispatch reported. “When I heard …

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Angry Ohio residents confront railroad over health fears
1 year, 9 months ago

Angry Ohio residents confront railroad over health fears

Associated Press  

Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad’s operator Thursday at a town forum, demanding to know whether they’d be relocated from homes they’re afraid to live in. “I’m begging you, by the grace of God, please get our people out of here.” While the …

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Can The East Palestine Train Derailment Get Right-Wing Populism On Track?
1 year, 9 months ago

Can The East Palestine Train Derailment Get Right-Wing Populism On Track?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When a Chinese spy balloon traversed the United States, Sen. J.D. Vance speaks at East Palestine Fire Department during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on Feb. 22. “If this affected the rich or the favored poor, it would be the lead of every news channel in the …

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Biden Orders Door-To-Door Checks In East Palestine In Wake Of Train Wreck
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden Orders Door-To-Door Checks In East Palestine In Wake Of Train Wreck

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday directed federal agencies to go door-to-door in East Palestine, Ohio, to check on families affected by the toxic train derailment that has morphed into a heated political controversy. Residents are offered free water in East Palestine, Ohio, as cleanup from the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment continues, Friday, Feb. …

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What are the risks of materials released in the Ohio derailment?
1 year, 10 months ago

What are the risks of materials released in the Ohio derailment?

The Hindu  

Ahead of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's visit on Thursday to the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio, here is what we know about the scope of the incident: How much toxic material was released? Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor Norfolk Southern, the company that operated the train that derailed in the February 3 spill in East …

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Fiery Ohio derailment raises railroad safety questions
1 year, 10 months ago

Fiery Ohio derailment raises railroad safety questions

Associated Press  

— The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke in the air and forcing residents of a small Ohio town to evacuate — has highlighted the potentially disastrous consequences of train accidents and raised questions about railroad safety. “I’m eventually going to have to go back, but it makes me want to …

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