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Norfolk Southern’s call to burn derailed train cars ‘jaw-dropping’, Senate hears

Local official tells panel of chaotic response Ohio derailment and operator’s chief executive makes first appearance before Congress

The Guardian - US

Norfolk Southern CEO pledges environmental, economic restoration at Ohio crash site

WASHINGTON — The head of Norfolk Southern Corp. pledged at a Senate hearing Thursday to fully restore environmental and economic conditions in the Ohio community where one of the company’s trains derailed last month, triggering a fire and public health concerns.

Tribune News Service

Biden vows to protect social security and Medicare in speech outlining budget plan – as it happened

Alan Shaw of Norfolk Southern testifies to Senate after federal investigation announced into rail company’s safety culture – follow the latest

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Norfolk Southern CEO pledges environment, economic restoration at crash site - Roll Call

Chief executive Alan Shaw pledged at a Senate hearing to restore environmental and other conditions in East Palestine, Ohio.

Roll Call

There are about 3 U.S. train derailments per day. They aren't usually major disasters

The U.S. saw more than one thousand train derailments last year, but industry leaders say traveling by rail remains one of the safest methods of transportation.

WEKU

Senators grill the Norfolk Southern CEO over the East Palestine rail disaster

The CEO of Norfolk Southern railroad faced pointed questioning over the hazardous train derailment and fire that released toxic fumes last month, as well as his company's safety culture.

WEKU

Norfolk Southern CEO bringing apology, aid to Senate hearing

The chief executive of one of the nation’s largest railroads is coming to a Senate hearing with an apology and a commitment to send millions of dollars to the village on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border disrupted last month by a fiery derailment

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Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw to tell Congress he's "deeply sorry"

The tragic derailment has ensnared his company in a public relations disaster and left residents of East Palestine reeling.

Axios

Railroads propose safety reforms after fiery Ohio derailment

The major freight railroads have announced a number of steps they are taking to improve safety in the wake of last month's fiery Ohio derailment

The Independent UK

Neoliberalism will get us all killed

What is safety under neoliberalism? From East Palestine, Ohio to Turkey, we get a devastating answer

Salon

Norfolk Southern CEO in the hot seat

Alan Shaw will be grilled by the Senate about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Axios

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 Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

‘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 Independent UK

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

Tribune News Service

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.

WEKU

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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