July 31, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Herald-Star, July 31, 2023) Members of the Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment took their concerns to Capitol Hill on Thursday, sharing their stories with lawmakers and demanding action by taking action. Full story:...
July 28, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, July 27, 2023) The costs associated with Norfolk Southern’s fiery February derailment in Ohio have more than doubled to $803 million as the railroad works to clean up the mess and moves forward with all the related lawsuits. The additional...
July 19, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial from the Washington Post, July 17, 2023) National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy called the East Palestine train derailment “100 percent preventable.” Rail companies can do better; Congress should ensure they do. Full story:...
July 19, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: Mahoning Matters, July 18, 2023) A team of researchers led by University of Kentucky College of Public Health environmental scientist Erin Haynes has traveled to East Palestine to collect biological samples further to understand the train derailment’s health...
July 19, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star, July 18, 2023) Several Pennsylvania officials are calling for action to tighten railroad safety laws after a CSX train derailed in Montgomery County early Monday morning, July 17. Full story: Pennsylvania...
July 18, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: NorthJersey.com, July 18, 2023) Freight trains, some stretching 100 cars long, carrying ethanol, crude oil and other hazardous materials travel within feet of thousands of homes, businesses and schools in Bergen County. Local officials and emergency...
July 17, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, July 14, 2023) An internal GOP dispute between party leaders and a motley crew of junior lawmakers is threatening to sink a bipartisan rail safety bill aimed at responding to February’s toxic spill in East Palestine, Ohio. Full story:...
July 17, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: NBC News, July 12, 2023) According to a study, levels of a chemical irritant called acrolein detected near the derailment site on Feb. 20 and 21 were up to six times higher than normal levels recorded before the disaster. But local and federal officials had...
July 17, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial in the Altoona Mirror, July 15, 2023) The fiery Norfolk Southern derailment that wreaked havoc in and around East Palestine, Ohio, last winter — as well as the derailment’s aftermath — have dispatched numerous poignant messages not only to current...
July 7, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Press release from the office of Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), July 6, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) backed a new proposed rule from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
