March 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, March 14, 2023) The state of Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the February 3 toxic chemical derailment in East Palestine, Attorney General Dave Yost announced on March 14. Yost said that the derailment “caused the release of...
March 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: DeSmog Blog, March 14, 2023) It likely wasn’t a pleasant experience for NS CEO Alan Shaw, especially when Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) informed him mid-hearing that another of Norfolk Southern’s trains had just derailed. However, even this painful irony...
March 14, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 11, 2023) Heather Bable speaks rapidly, recalling the terror of the night when a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed less than a half-mile from her home in East Palestine, Ohio. She heard an earthshaking boom and, from her...
March 14, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch, March 11, 2023) Businesses, left to their own devices, will pursue their own self-interests, denying the evidence of detrimental impacts and fighting against regulations requiring pneumatic brakes or adding stronger tank cars on trains...
March 14, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Times Leader, March 14, 2023) As cleanup efforts from the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment continue, Ohio Sen. JD Vance returned to East Palestine on Monday to visit the derailment site and meet with local officials and residents who are growing...
March 14, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: River Valley Organizing press release, March 13, 2023) Today, River Valley Organizing and more than 100 groups from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and across the country sent a joint letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and...
March 14, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WRIC, March 13, 2024) National rail giant Norfolk Southern will pay just $27,300 to Virginia after a derailment in 2020 dumped over 1,300 tons of coal into the Roanoke River. Environmental groups objected, arguing that the railroad could...
March 13, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB, PSR
(Source: ABC News, March 12, 2023) The NTSB chief said Sunday that the agency is not satisfied with the new safety goals outlined by Norfolk Southern and that community is still reeling from the toxic spill in February. The head of the NTSB with tough words for...
March 13, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB, PSR
(Source: The Times Leader, March 13, 2023) A nationally recognized train safety expert is taking the railroad industry to task, calling it “one of the most protected and coddled industries in our country.” Full story: The Times Leader
March 13, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC News, March 10, 2023) Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw was evasive at times Thursday when asked direct questions from senators, despite his assurances that he and his company were committed to helping the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, affected by...
