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Senate panel OKs rail-safety bill; railroad vows to help homeowners affected by Ohio derailment

A Senate panel has approved a rail-safety measure in response to the train derailment earlier this year in East Palestine, Ohio

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Senate markup highlights tension in rail safety talks - Roll Call

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted 16-11 to advance a bill aimed at improving rail safety.

Roll Call

Biden denies ‘bomb train’ permit to ship liquid gas through populated areas

Gas giant New Fortress Energy’s cars would have taken a route from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, hauling its explosive cargo

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'We want answers just like adults': Ohio 17-year-old advocates for herself, other teens after train derailment

PITTSBURGH — Not many 17-year-olds need to think about the long term consequences of chemical exposure to their health.

Tribune News Service

Rail CEO to testify in Ohio Senate about fiery derailment

Norfolk Southern’s CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel on Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment rocked the village of East Palestine

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Rail cars from East Palestine derailment relocated to Pa. rail yard

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Railcars from East Palestine derailment relocated to Pa. railyard

Multiple cars from the East Palestine train derailment have been relocated to a railyard in Conway in Beaver County.

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East Palestine contaminants spill again

The truck, which overturned in Ohio's Columbiana County, was carrying over 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil

Salon

Ohio train derailment highlights waste disposal predicament

Officials in southeastern Michigan were angry when a landfill and deep-injection wells near Detroit received contaminated soils and liquids from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

The Independent UK

Regulators say railroads must examine how they build trains

Federal regulators say railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains

The Independent UK

AJC Exclusive: Norfolk Southern CEO reflects on Ohio derailment

ATLANTA — As a massive smoke plume soared into the sky from the controlled burn of a wrecked Norfolk Southern train in early February, even the company’s CEO Alan Shaw was alarmed. And he’s been working for the railroad for more than 28 years.

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The Justice Department adds to suits against Norfolk Southern over the Ohio derailment

The federal government is accusing Norfolk Southern of "unlawfully polluting" the country's waterways and violating the Clean Water Act in the accident near East Palestine.

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US Department of Justice sues Norfolk Southern over Ohio train derailment

Lawsuit reportedly seeks damages for alleged Clean Water Act violations following crash of train carrying hazardous materials

The Guardian - US

US sues railway company over Ohio derailment, contamination - Roll Call

The federal government filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over last month’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Ohio lawmakers OK rail safety rules after train derailment

Rail safety measures proposed after the East Palestine train derailment are closer to becoming law in Ohio

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US environmental agency to conduct internal inquiry over Ohio train wreck

EPA’s response to the derailment has drawn intense criticism from East Palestine residents and public health experts

Tribune News Service

East Palestine wastewater won’t be processed at Baltimore facility following mayor’s rejection

The wastewater that was scheduled to arrive in Baltimore from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment will be processed elsewhere, treatment company Clean Harbors said Tuesday morning.

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Train carrying hazardous materials derails in North Dakota

A Canada Pacific train derailed on Sunday night, affecting 31 of its 70 cars, and spilling petroleum used to make asphalt

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Moving hazardous chemicals by train is far safer than trucks, says top regulator who pushed merger and wants more freight moved by rail

Not even the toxic fireball over an Ohio derailment could shake Martin Oberman’s belief that railroads are a safer way to move hazardous chemicals, and most other freight, than long-haul trucks.

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The EPA waited weeks to test for dioxins after East Palestine derailment. Residents and advocates now demand more transparency

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Linda and Russell Murphy left an open house at East Palestine High School on Thursday evening with more questions than answers.

Reason

After the East Palestine Derailment, Congress Is Trying To Force Unrelated, Costly Regulations on Railroads

A bipartisan bill backed by J.D. Vance and Sherrod Brown would include a two-member crew mandate that unions have long sought—and that wouldn't have prevented the Ohio disaster.

The Guardian - US

Plan to test for dioxins near Ohio train derailment site is flawed, experts say

Test relies on visual inspection of ash to then check soil for toxins, which is ‘unlikely to give a complete picture’ of contamination

The Independent UK

After derailment, toxic burn, student-athletes seek normalcy

As spring sports get underway at East Palestine High School in Ohio, organizers are trying to create normalcy for student-athletes while cleanup from the February train derailment and toxic chemical burn continues just over a mile away

Chicago Sun-Times

Sen. Duckworth joins bipartisan call for stronger rail safety measures

Senate Commerce Committee grills Norfolk Southern CEO on safety enhancements that can be implemented to prevent derailments like the one in East Palestine, Ohio.

Tribune News Service

6 big themes from Wednesday’s Norfolk Southern’s derailment hearing

Norfolk Southern’s CEO Alan Shaw was among the witnesses who testified Wednesday at a U.S. Senate committee hearing about the railroad’s toxic derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 3.

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