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Norfolk Southern called incompetent as EPA takes over Ohio derailment cleanup

Biden administration and state officials on Tuesday cranked up the heat on Norfolk Southern Corp. for its handling of the fiery freight train derailment in Ohio, as federal authorities took control of cleanup operations and two state governors raised the specter of prosecutions in conjunction with the disaster.

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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

An explosion at an Ohio metal plant left 1 dead and 13 injured

The cause of the fatal explosion is still unclear. It scattered debris for hundreds of yards, damaged vehicles and caused a plume of smoke visible for miles.

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Republicans criticize Biden’s trip to Kyiv as Putin withdraws from nuclear treaty

Comments from right wing are business as usual – but could signal future political battles to come if US to keep sending aid to Ukraine

The Guardian - US

Pro-choice advocates file paperwork for Ohio ballot initiative on abortion

Coalition of lawyers, doctors and activists hope to put the question of abortion directly to state voters after toppling of Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

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

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

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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

Watch EPA conference about Ohio trail derailment in East Palestine

The EPA held a press conference in East Palestine about the Ohio trail derailment.

The Independent UK

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

EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up site of Ohio train derailment

The order will require Norfolk Southern to clean up the crash site under a plan approved by the agency.

Axios

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

Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals are more frequent and deadly in US

Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in Ohio and caught fire, a truck carrying nitric acid crashed on a major highway outside Tucson, Arizona, killing the driver and releasing toxic chemicals into the air.

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Commentary: 'D,' the new scarlet letter

On a recent episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," former 10-term Ohio Democratic congressman Tim Ryan, who had recently lost a Senate race to best-selling author, financial executive and Trump acolyte J. D. Vance, expounded on what has become the toxicity of the Democratic brand.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Ohio’s train derailment — not spy balloons — is the real national security threat

Earlier this month, a threat with potentially serious consequences for the long-term national security of the United States presented itself — and not in the form of a high-altitude balloon.

The Independent UK

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

Salon

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

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Ohio State advances in top group for 2024 Georgia athlete

This isn’t the last cut, but the Buckeyes advance #GoBucks

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13 hospitalized after explosion at Ohio metal factory

More than a dozen people were hospitalized Monday after an explosion at an Ohio factory.

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Kevin Wilson talks about decision to leave Ohio State

Always a professional, Kevin Wilson has nothing but good things to say about his time in Columbus. #GoBucks

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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.

The Independent UK

Huge explosion at Ohio metal factory kills one and injures at least 13 amid shower of molten debris

The blast created a tower of black smoke visible for miles around and sent wreckage tumbling down upon the surrounding buildings

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.

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BCPG allots B3.9bn for expansion in US

BCPG Plc, the clean power generation arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, is expanding its business in the US by investing 3.9 billion baht in two gas-fired power plants in Ohio.

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