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What the Biden administration has – and hasn’t – done in response to the Ohio train derailment

Pete Buttigieg said he planned to visit East Palestine

The Independent UK

Ohio train derailment: EPA takes control of response and clean-up efforts

EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up site in East Palestine, Ohio, as residents demand answers about health risks

The Guardian - US

Both parties enable rail robber barons

The rail monopoly got a stranglehold on Congress, the executive branch and federal regulators

Salon

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Ohio officials post video drinking East Palestine water in effort to reassure residents

The EPA has found no evidence of volatile organic compounds in the village’s water after multiple independent tests

The Independent UK

Norfolk Southern gave donation to Ohio governor one month before East Palestine disaster

The company has given a combined $98,000 to Ohio politicians, mostly Republicans

The Independent UK

The EPA steps in to take over the East Palestine train derailment cleanup

Under the legal order, Norfolk Southern is responsible for the costs and cleanup of soil and water contaminated by the release of hazardous chemicals from its derailed train earlier this month.

WEKU

EPA takes charge of cleanup in toxic Ohio train derailment

Federal environmental regulators have taken charge of the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and chemical burn and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill

The Independent UK

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Stephen Colbert on Biden’s Kyiv visit: ‘Like your dad meeting your boyfriend’

Late-night host discusses president’s surprise Ukraine visit and fallout from the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

The Guardian - US

Buttigieg urges safety changes after fiery Ohio derailment

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants the nation’s freight railroads to immediately act to improve safety while regulators try to strengthen safety rules in the wake of a fiery derailment in Ohio that forced evacuations when toxic chemicals were released and burned

The Independent UK

Buttigieg calls for stronger railroad safety rules after East Palestine disaster

The transportation secretary wants stricter regulations on freight trains hauling toxic or volatile chemicals, and is calling on Congress to "untie" the DOT's hands for implementing safety measures.

WEKU

Ohio residents told water was "safe"

"We're not getting any truth," said one resident who is now planning to move away from the town

Salon

Ohio to open health clinic for those with derailment-related health concerns

A new health clinic is coming to East Palestine, Ohio, amid rising concerns about toxic chemicals from the train derailment there earlier this month, local officials said Monday.

Tribune News Service

Donald Trump and Erin Brockovich will descend upon East Palestine as residents plead for help

PITTSBURGH — Two weeks after a catastrophic train derailment unleashed toxic materials on a small village near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, the attention being showered on East Palestine by politicians and activists is reaching a fever pitch.

Tribune News Service

It shouldn’t take a fiery crash and toxic spill to push action on railroad safety

The EPA and Transportation Department must ensure that Norfolk Southern meets its obligation to make things right.

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The Independent UK

Second train derails in Ohio – weeks after East Palestine disaster sparked health concerns

The train is the third to derail since the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio

The Independent UK

Moment Ohio lawmaker declines to say if he would drink water in East Palestine

Sherrod Brown says residents of East Palestine are ‘right to be skeptical’ as he dodges question about water safety

The Independent UK

Buttigieg warns Norfolk Southern to support Ohio community

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning the CEO of Norfolk Southern that the freight rail company must “demonstrate unequivocal support for the people” of East Palestine, Ohio, and surrounding areas

The Guardian - US

Ohio senator condemns train operator and lobbyists over toxic derailment

Democrat Sherrod Brown says derailment, which released toxic chemicals, was caused by Norfolk Southern

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The Guardian - US

‘We just need answers’: distrust grows in Ohio town after toxic train derailment

Residents of East Palestine grapple with mixed safety messages two weeks after leak of hazardous chemicals from train

Tribune News Service

Bungled messaging over Ohio train crash allowed chaos to reign

Gary Stevenson, the mayor of Paulsboro, New Jersey, is still troubled by the disastrous messaging that surrounded a dangerous train derailment in his town more than a decade ago. The communications meltdown now troubling Norfolk Southern Corp. is worse.

Salon

Derailed train labeled "non-hazardous"

Ohio governor calls on Congress to investigate how that could happen

WEKU

Risks for chemical spills are high, but here's how to protect yourself

The Ohio derailment is a reminder of what can happen for millions of Americans who live near railways. There are things people can do to better protect themselves from the hazards of chemical spills.

The Independent UK

Horses, hogs and hazardous chemicals: East Palestine livestock owners race to protect their animals after train derailment

Residents near the crash site in East Palestine tell Graig Graziosi of a frantic race to save their animals

The Independent UK

2 train derailments have similar risks, different outcomes

Two train derailments in neighboring states had very different outcomes — and officials say that's not unusual

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 18 February 2023

East Palestine, Ohio is choking, red-eyed, and scared for its long-term health. Thanks, Obama. And, Trump. And, Biden.

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