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Railway transport safety is failing. These lawmakers have a plan to help

Another headline-grabbing trail derailment in the span of a month has legislators urging stricter safety regulations for railway workers.

WEKU

Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Just Got A Lot More Real

If the Supreme Court upholds Pennsylvania's personal jurisdiction statute, residents of East Palestine, Ohio can sue the railroad in Philadelphia.

Reason

How the Media Got the Vinyl Chloride Risk All Wrong

The Ohio train accident was frightening enough. Spreading inaccurate information won’t help the citizens of East Palestine.

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The Democrats botched the Ohio disaster response – and handed Trump a victory

The failure of Pete Buttigieg, the US secretary of transportion, to appear for nearly three weeks recalls the incompetence of Fema during Hurricane Katrina

The Guardian - US

Norfolk Southern announces safety upgrades amid derailments

Norfolk Southern says it plans to improve the use of detectors along the tracks that are supposed to spot overheating bearings and other problems in the wake of a fiery Ohio derailment a month ago

The Independent UK

Buttigieg fires back at critics over timing of East Palestine visit

Pete Buttigieg said he and his team ‘were always going to go’ to East Palestine regardless of what Donald Trump or anyone else had said or done

The Independent UK

How many train derailments have there been in the US in 2023?

Rail freight industry under scrutiny after ecological disaster struck East Palestine, Ohio

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Pete Buttigieg admits mistakes in East Palestine derailment response

“Sometimes people need policy work, and sometimes people need performative work,” the Transport Secretary says. “And to get to this level, you’ve got to be ready to serve up both.”

The Independent UK

Second Norfolk Southern train derails in Ohio one month after East Palestine disaster

Officials say no hazardous materials were involved in Norfolk Southern’s latest Ohio derailment

The Independent UK

‘No one is coming to save us’: residents of towns near toxic train derailment feel forgotten

People living near the chemical disaster are wary of contamination, and even across the state line Pennsylvanians are worried

The Guardian - US

Plan to incinerate soil from Ohio train derailment is ‘horrifying’, says expert

Soil is being sent to a nearby incinerator with a history of clean air violations, raising fears the chemicals will be redistributed

The Guardian - US

Ohio derailment tests Sen. Brown's push to buck Dem defeats

Republicans say the federal response to a train derailment in an eastern Ohio village shows Democrats are not focused on policy at home

The Independent UK

Pa. residents worried about the East Palestine derailment are flocking to a Beaver County health center

Almost 200 Pennsylvania residents have visited a health clinic that opened this week in Beaver County, after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed last month just across the Ohio border and left residents in both states fearing for their health.

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Here's why it's hard to clean up toxic waste from the East Palestine train derailment

Nearly two million gallons of wastewater and thousands of cubic yards of contaminated soil have already been removed from the site, with more to go. Every aspect of removal is governed by regulations.

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Leaked audio reveals US rail workers were told to skip inspections as Ohio crash prompts scrutiny to industry

Exclusive: employee says manager told her to stop marking cars for repair, as Ohio derailment brings hard look at industry’s record of blocking safety rules

WEKU

At a town hall, angry Ohio residents confront railroad over health fears

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.

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EPA orders Norfolk Southern to test for "highly toxic" dioxins in Ohio train derailment

Dioxins can cause cancer, damage the immune system and lead to problems with developmental processes and reproductive health.

The Independent UK

Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering rail operator Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins in the area where a train carrying toxic chemicals in Ohio

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How the derailment in East Palestine changes the calculus on railroad regulation

A bipartisan group of senators is already out with the Railway Safety Act of 2023.

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Labor unions say East Palestine cleanup site workers are falling ill

Norfolk Southern rejects union claims that it wasn't providing personal protective equipment to workers.

Tribune News Service

Pa. lawmakers subpoena Norfolk Southern in its Ohio derailment probe

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state Senate committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Norfolk Southern’s chief executive to appear before the panel, after a bipartisan outpouring of frustration over a lack of information and testing data following last month’s catastrophic train derailment across the border in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Pa. Senate committee subpoenaes Norfolk Southern in its East Palestine derailment probe

The Independent UK

Pete Buttigieg defends Biden for not visiting East Palestine after train disaster

The transportation secretary said a presidential visit could be ‘disruptive’

The Independent UK

Ohio train derailment: Fetterman, Hawley and Vance among senators proposing new regulations

The legislation would require regular inspections of trains carrying hazardous materials and provide information in advance to emergency responders.

The Independent UK

Ohio senators ready rail safety bill after fiery crash

U.S. senators are planning to propose legislation that would make railroads, like the one involved in this month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio, subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences

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