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‘I’m terribly sorry,’ Norfolk Southern CEO tells senators

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said he is “terribly sorry” for his company’s toxic derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, in testimony Thursday before a U.S. Senate committee, while lawmakers called out the company for its safety practices and its lack of transparency after the wreck.

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House GOP votes to overturn Biden rule on water protections

The House has voted 227-198 to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business

The Independent UK

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.

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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

PSG are broken and Messi, Mbappe and Neymar can’t fix them

The Galacticos methodology must give way to an underdog mentality and giant egos must be replaced by humble enthusiasm if PSG are to ever end the cycle

The Independent UK

EPA proposes stricter limits on coal plant water pollution

The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed strengthening a rule aimed at reducing polluted wastewater from coal-burning power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers

The Independent UK

Edmunds: Edmunds Compares: 2023 BMW iX vs. 2023 Rivian R1S

All-electric SUVs are becoming more and more prevalent and also more and more practical

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US neighborhoods with more people of color suffer worse air pollution

Exclusive: Cutting-edge analysis of fine particulate levels by area reveals shocking disparities: ‘The underlying variable that is most predictive is systemic racism’

The Guardian - US

Ivanka Trump throws brothers and father under bus in New York fraud suit

Ivanka Trump says she was not involved in preparing fraudulent financial statements that form the core of the $250m fraud suit against her father’s company

The Independent UK

2023 Jaguar I-Pace: More EPA Range With 20-Inch Wheels

The Jaguar I-Pace is available in the United States for several years, and today we will take a look at the latest 2023 model year version.

InsideEVs

2023 Kia EV6: More EPA Range, Higher Prices And New GT Version

The Kia EV6 is one of the most interesting electric vehicles in the United States. Let's check the 2023 model year, including prices and EPA range ratings.

InsideEVs

How the 'Holman rule' allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all

The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives has just voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like – outside the standard process of review and debate.

The Conversation

Regulating 'forever chemicals': 3 essential reads on PFAS

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated chemicals, known by the abbreviations PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water. These chemicals are two types of PFAS, a broad class of substances often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they are very persistent in…

The Conversation

When it comes to smog, Cook County in Illinois is the worst neighbor in the country, EPA finds

CHICAGO — When it comes to lung-damaging smog, Chicago and the rest of Cook County are the nation’s worst neighbors.

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EPA appeals for and against Robbins Island wind farm puts $1.6b project further in doubt

An environmental war is waging again in Tasmania as a clean energy company fights to save its $1.6-billion wind farm project, while opponents say "half-baked" EPA conditions don't go far enough.

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Perth Surf Park clears major hurdle for largest wave park in southern hemisphere

A proposed $100 million surf park in Perth clears a major planning hurdle, as Western Australia's environmental watchdog rules it does not require further assessment.

WEKU

Another Norfolk Southern train derails in Ohio

The 212-car train that derailed outside of Springfield, Ohio, on Saturday was not carrying any toxic materials, several state and local agencies confirmed. The EPA will stay on site for cleanup.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Health to test for heavy metal contamination in private rainwater tanks near regional goldmine

Newcrest Mining says reports of heavy metal contamination do not match its monitoring data from Cadia goldmine near Orange

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Justice Dept. sues Louisiana polluters

"EPA is finally treating this health crisis for what it is — an emergency"

InsideEVs

US: Subaru Solterra Sales Amounted To 347 In February

The all-electric Subaru Solterra model noted 347 sales in February in the United States, which is slightly less than in January.

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Reports Warn Floods Threaten Quarter of IDP Sites in Yemen

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned of floods threatening one-quarter of the Internally displaced persons' sites in Yemen. There are more than half a million individuals in these camps. Climate change and civil turbulences have widely impacted food item prices…

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

Pictures of the week: A ‘flour war’, Handmaid’s Tale take to the tube and a royal spin class

The Independent’s picture editors bring you the best photography from all corners of the planet

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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