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EPA Watchdog Will Review Whether the Agency Had Enough Data to Tell East Palestine Residents They Were Safe

The EPA inspector general will investigate whether the agency had sufficient evidence to assure East Palestine residents that toxic chemicals did not remain after the 2023 derailment.

Medical Daily · Oct 30

Jed York’s trailer park arrest exposed inequality in America

The San Francisco 49ers owner’s arrest in Ohio over the weekend was quickly put behind him. Others are not so lucky

The Guardian - US · Aug 26

San Francisco 49ERS Owner Jed York Arrested After Responding To Undercover Online Prostitution Ad in Ohio

York was detained on Sunday morning at a mobile home community in East Palestine, close to Youngstown, where he grew up.

International Business Times UK · Aug 25

Congress is about to chase rail freight onto American roads. It risks thousands of deaths

Three years after the East Palestine derailment, the Railway Safety Act of 2025 remains under consideration and may become a part of the reauthorization.

Fortune · Mar 6

Plan for $20 million firefighter training center near the site of Ohio derailment revived

Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine, Ohio

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025

Greater risk of toxic derailments if $85bn railroad merger is approved, warn unions

Workers sound alarm over proposed Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern deal and its risks to jobs, prices and power

The Guardian - US · Aug 25, 2025

Apply safety rules to more trains carrying flammable cargo, lawmakers urge

Federal safety investigators and some members of Congress want to expand special safety rules that apply to trains carrying flammable material to many more trains, saying the risk to many U.S. communities is far greater than currently known

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025

Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills

Train derailments involving spills of 1,000 gallons or more of hazardous materials happen a few times a year, often resulting in evacuations or fires

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025

Is Norfolk Southern 'making it right' after Ohio derailment? New lawsuit adds to doubts

Not long after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire in eastern Ohio in February 2023 the railroad started to repeat its promise that it would “make it right” in East Palestine

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

Jury decides Norfolk Southern should pay for the $600 million settlement in 2023 Ohio derailment

The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won't have to help pay for the $600 million settlement Norfolk Southern agreed to with residents

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025