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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.

Axios · Mar 2, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023

Pa. Senate committee subpoenaes Norfolk Southern in its East Palestine 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 Pennsylvania border in East Palestine, Ohio.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023

East Palestine provided the life this family always wanted. Now, they fear it's gone forever

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Abbie Parsons remembers watching her children run and splash around the waters of Sulphur Run and Leslie Run in East Palestine with their cousins and the neighbor kids. One of her sons could spend hours nearly every day fishing for minnows, she said. Once, the children…

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023

Ex-Ohio congressman warns Biden administration of ‘potentially lethal’ consequences of ignoring train crash health concerns

Former Senate candidate applauds call for long-term health study from Ohio’s two senators

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

Ohio disaster & the runaway train lobby

Railroads have spent $285 million on lobbying and close to $50 million on Congressional donations over last decade

Salon · Feb 28, 2023

Expert assesses risk in East Palestine

Several cars that contained hazardous chemicals burned after the Feb. 3, 2023 derailment

Salon · Feb 28, 2023

Editorial: Railroad deregulation carries steep cost for cities like East Palestine

Three weeks after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which forced evacuations and widespread chemical contamination, the Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern Railroad to conduct the cleanup and pay for the damages. Since the accident was Norfolk Southern’s fault, and it was solely responsible for the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 28, 2023

‘Railroads have just had too much power,’ Buttigieg says in Kansas City after Ohio train disaster

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pledged to hold American freight railroads to stricter standards in the wake of a train disaster in Ohio last month and Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s response.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Alarm over toxic Ohio water — in Texas

Contaminated water used in East Palestine transported more than 1,300 miles to a Houston suburb for disposal

Salon · Feb 27, 2023