On a recent Wednesday, the current administration declared the launch of a government-funded initiative aimed at creating jobs in the realm of “environmental justice.”
The...
President Biden is making sure the federal government is keeping tabs on residents in the city where a train derailment and fire Feb. 3 led to toxic chemicals being released into the environment.
President Joe Biden told the press Friday that he has no plans to visit East Palestine, Ohio following the Feb. 3 train derailment that forced members of the community to leave their homes and continues to pose environmental threats to the general vicinity.
Ohio residents filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday against the railroad company Norfolk Southern after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in early February and cast a toxic plume of chemicals over the town and polluted the air and water, according to the lawsuit’s text.
The NTSB has released its initial report on the East Palestine train derailment in Ohio, which tentatively supports reports that a wheel bearing severely overheated prior to the accident.
The EPA has ordered Norfolk Southern to manage the cleanup of a toxic chemical spill resulting from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and threatened to triple the cost of the cleanup if the company fails to comply.