Julia Conley, Common Dreams Reports that several investigators with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention became ill earlier this month when they visited East Palestine, Ohio offered the latest evidence on Friday that the air and water in the town is less safe than state officials and rail …
Read More »Biden DOJ Sues Norfolk Southern for ‘Unlawfully Polluting the Nation’s Waterways’
The Biden administration on Friday took its latest step to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the disaster continuing to unfold in East Palestine, Ohio and the surrounding area, filing a lawsuit against the rail company for sending toxic chemicals into the environment. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the …
Read More »Priorities For Rail Safety Bill Debated In Senate Hearing With Norfolk Southern CEO
Jacob Fischler, Michigan Advance Members of a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday previewed what they would push for in bipartisan rail safety legislation likely to progress through Congress in the aftermath of the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment. Democrats and Republicans on the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hinted …
Read More »Sen. Schumer Calls For Safety Audit Into All Major Railroads After Ohio Derailment
Jacob Fischler, South Dakota Searchlight U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Wednesday for the federal authority responsible for determining the causes of transportation casualties to investigate the safety culture at all major North American freight railroads. Following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment that caused a toxic chemical spill …
Read More »Norfolk Southern CEO Apologizes For Ohio Crash, But Won’t Back Bipartisan Rail Safety Bill
Jacob Fischler, Ohio Capital Journal The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the railroad operating the train that last month derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, apologized for the derailment at a U.S. Senate hearing Thursday, but declined solicitations to endorse a bipartisan rail safety bill. Norfolk Southern CEO …
Read More »A Norfolk Southern Policy Lets Officials Order Crews To Ignore Safety Alerts
By Topher Sanders and Dan Schwartz Norfolk Southern allows a monitoring team to instruct crews to ignore alerts from train track sensors designed to flag potential mechanical problems. ProPublica learned of the policy after reviewing the rules of the company, which is engulfed in controversy after one of its trains …
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