Labor unions say East Palestine cleanup site workers are falling ill
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bubmagMarch 2, 2023
Hazardous waste from Ohio derailment creates rippling health concerns as it gets shipped up to 1,300 miles away
After the train derailed in East Palestine, some of the chemicals it was transporting leaked into the surrounding air, soil and water. Norfolk Southern officials released and burned off one particular cancer-causing chemical, vinyl chloride, to avoid an explosion. Cleanup efforts continue, and state and federal officials have told area…
bubmagMarch 2, 2023
East Palestine’s track record of devastating derailments
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bubmagMarch 1, 2023
After Weeks of Fake Outrage Over East Palestine, Republicans Push to Weaken Water Protection
Republicans have spent weeks criticizing the response to the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, lobbying attacks at any target close enough for something to stick. Seldom have they directly confronted the clear as day culprit: corporate-bought deregulation. The charade has now hit another milestone, as Republicans line up behind a…
bubmagFebruary 28, 2023
Jimmy Fallon Mocks Joe Biden’s Age—His ‘Brain Derailed’
Jimmy Fallon poked fun at an awkward moment featuring U.S. President Joe Biden when he forgot the word for a Zoom online meeting. "President Biden was asked if he intends to visit the site of the train derailment in Ohio, and he had a very interesting response. Take a look…
bubmagFebruary 28, 2023
How the Right Racialized the Ohio Train Disaster
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bubmagFebruary 28, 2023
We Are Experiencing a Modern Day Camp Lejeune in East Palestine, Ohio
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. I wanted to say in this article to start off and say something like HEY, DO YOU KNOW THOSE ANNOYING Camp Lejeune COMMERCIALS? and roll into a smart @#$ comment, but after staring…
bubmagFebruary 28, 2023
Weeks after Ohio rail derailment, President Biden has no plans to visit
WASHINGTON — Republicans are continuing to criticize President Biden for not going to East Palestine, Ohio, where a train carrying toxic, cancer-causing chemicals derailed Feb. 3. Meanwhile, federal environmental authorities announced Sunday that shipments of contaminated waste out of the site of the fiery accident near the Pennsylvania state line will…
bubmagFebruary 26, 2023
EPA Responds to Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has responded to a Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio earlier this month that released toxic chemicals into the small village of East Palestine. The wreckage, which took place on Feb. 3, resulted in a fire that burned for days. Residents were told to evacuate…
bubmagFebruary 25, 2023