Boisterous supporters of former President Donald Trump shouted, “One year too late” as President Joe Biden’s long motorcade arrived in downtown East Palestine on Feb. 16. It marked President Biden’s first visit to the eastern Ohio village that became a household name across the United States when a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals […]
One year after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, President Joe Biden will make his first visit to the eastern Ohio village, according to a White House statement. President Biden will meet with residents affected by the fiery crash and “assess the progress that his administration has helped deliver […]
NEW CASTLE, Pa.—Nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board and no reported injuries, fire department and company officials said. The derailment happened late Wednesday outside of New Castle, the company said in a statement. “Our crews responded immediately and are actively working at the site,” […]
At least 11 cars in a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Alabama, leading to at least two hospitalizations, officials said. “According to Norfolk Southern, the train crew was briefly trapped in the engine room because the engine tilted over. There were no major injuries, but RPS was called to the scene to evaluate the crew […]
Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), co-sponsor Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio), and other Ohio U.S. representatives introduced the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act at a March 30 press conference hours after a BNSF Railway train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Raymond, Minnesota. Residents near the crash site were evacuated. No injuries were reported, and […]
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw testified before the Senate Commerce Committee for the second time in two weeks. This time he responded to the committee’s push for stricter safety regulations on railroads after last month’s train derailment.
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) is on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure as well as the Committee on Natural Resources. NTD sat down with the congressman to speak about the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio and its consequences.
The Treasury Department allowed the Republican-led House Oversight Committee to review suspicious activity reports generated by the Biden family’s dealings with a Chinese energy company. President Joe Biden announced new gun control measures while visiting California. The White House calls the executive order the most comprehensive policy Biden can enact without Congress. Ohio is suing […]
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw made an ambiguous promise Thursday to do “what’s right” for East Palestine, Ohio, residents after one of his rail company’s trains derailed there last month, releasing toxic chemicals into the environment. “We’re committed to doing what’s right for the folks of East Palestine and the community,” Shaw assured Sen. Tom […]
Another Norfolk Southern train derailed as its CEO, Alan Shaw, testified to Congress on March 9 about the toxic train crash in Ohio in February. The company stated that some 30 empty cars on a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Alabama as it was heading from Atlanta to Mississippi. “Norfolk Southern is responding to a […]
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw expressed his sorrow, apologizing for the train derailment and subsequent damage to the East Palestine, Ohio, community at a Senate Committee Hearing Thursday. He also discussed some of the reparations his company is making.
Journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified on the “Twitter Files” to the House’s Weaponization of Government subcommittee on March 9, days after Republicans on the committee released a report claiming the Federal Trade Commission has harassed Elon Musk over the reporting. Another Norfolk Southern train derailed in Alabama, just hours before the rail company’s […]
Two journalists testify before Congress Thursday on what they call a “censorship-industrial complex.” What did they reveal? The CEO of Norfolk Southern is in the hot seat. Senators grilled him over the chemical-carrying train that derailed last month. JPMorgan sues a former senior banker over his ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. What could it mean […]
Recognizing “there has been a deficit of trust” in the federal government among East Palestine residents in the aftermath of the Feb. 3 toxic train derailment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan returned to the eastern Ohio village on Feb. 28. Regan attended a roundtable with students and teachers at East Palestine High […]
Amid objections from Michigan authorities who said they were not aware hazardous materials were headed into their state, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a temporary pause on shipments of contaminated waste from the site of Norfolk Southern Railway’s Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. “Everyone wants this contamination gone from the […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who authorized an end to the evacuation order of East Palestine two days after a controlled burn sent toxic vinyl chloride into the air and onto the ground after a Norfolk Southern Railway train crash, has received financial support from the railroad for several years, according to a Columbus, Ohio TV […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 23—nearly three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there leaking toxic chemicals into the community. Earlier this week, Buttigieg demurred on announcing a specific date and time for a visit, telling reporters only that he was planning to do so “when the […]
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Less than a week after visiting East Palestine, where he told reporters that “we’re trusting the science” and that he would let his children drink the water there if testing showed it was safe, EPA administrator Michael S. Regan is returning to the eastern Ohio village that continues to recover from the aftermath of a […]
