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Fewer than 400 households reject $600 million East Palestine train derailment settlement
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite residents’ reservations about whether the deal… Read More
Federal judge denies a motion to extend East Palestine class action settlement deadline
By: Abigail Bottar | Ideastream Public Media | Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream/AP) — A request from some East Palestine residents to extend the amount of time they have to opt in to the $600 million class action settlement has… Read More
EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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The EPA’s Inspector General is investigating why the agency didn’t get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East Palestine until four days after the disastrous… Read More
Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for the details of a $600 million derailment settlement
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio want residents to talk… Read More
Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600M in a settlement related to the East Palestine train derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio…. Read More
EPA didn’t declare a public health emergency after the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical… Read More
Biden praises ‘Herculean efforts’ to rebuild at the site of last February’s East Palestine train derailment
By: Josh Boak | Darlene Superville | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train… Read More
Biden is going to the site of last year’s train derailment in East Palestine. Republicans say he took too long
By: Josh Boak | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a year, President Joe Biden waited for what the White House said was the right moment to visit East Palestine, facing criticism that he was… Read More
Railroads say they’re making safety changes to reduce derailments after fiery Ohio crash
By: Josh Funk | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in… Read More
One year after the derailment, East Palestine residents still question the health of the town
By: Abigail Bottar | ideastream
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Saturday, Feb. 3 marks one year since a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine. The accident upended life in the small… Read More
The EPA begins a formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in an Ohio train derailment
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery… Read More
Norfolk Southern will end relocation aid right after the one-year anniversary of its fiery Ohio derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern railroad plans to stop paying relocation aid to people displaced by last February’s fiery derailment in eastern Ohio right after the one-year anniversary of the crash…. Read More
Norfolk Southern announces the details of a plan to pay for lost home values after East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern announced new details Monday about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the fiery derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town… Read More
The EPA weighs a formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in the East Palestine train derailment
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic… Read More
Norfolk Southern says the cost of a fiery Ohio derailment doubles to $803 million as cleanup continues
By: Josh Funk | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The costs associated with the Norfolk Southern fiery February derailment in Ohio have more than doubled to $803 million as the railroad works to clean up the… Read More
East Palestine families living in limbo months after fires
By: Tammy Webber | Associated Press
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two small beds and a microwave atop a mini refrigerator… Read More
Norfolk Southern’s CEO takes questions from Ohio Senators about the toxic East Palestine derailment
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The CEO of Norfolk Southern, which has seen five trains derail in Ohio since October was at the Statehouse Tuesday. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan… Read More
Norfolk Southern’s CEO set to testify in the Ohio Senate about East Palestine train derailment
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment including hazardous… Read More
The Justice Department adds to suits against Norfolk Southern over the Ohio derailment
By: Juliana Kim | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the major train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, last month. The suit, filed Thursday… Read More
Norfolk Southern won’t push for one-person train crews
By: John Seewer | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Railroad Norfolk Southern is backing away from its push to reduce its train crews down to one person, the company said Thursday in a joint announcement with the… Read More
Ohio’s Senate OKs a transportation budget with rail safety rules
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio senators reacting to the East Palestine train derailment proposed state oversight of wayside detectors that can spot railway defects, among other safety provisions, in a… Read More
Bipartisan support emerges for the Senate’s railroad safety bill
By: Stephen R. Groves | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroad safety emerged Wednesday as senators heard fresh testimony on the fiery hazardous train derailment last… Read More
The EPA tells states not to block waste from the East Palestine toxic train derailment
By: John Seewer | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered states to stop blocking contaminated waste from a fiery train derailment in Ohio from being sent to hazardous waste storage… Read More
Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over February’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio is suing Norfolk Southern over the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. It’s a move that was largely… Read More
DeWine is frustrated at contaminated soil in East Palestine, as states with storage sites reject it
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The cleanup at the toxic train derailment site in East Palestine last month has stalled because Ohio is having trouble finding sites to accept… Read More