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After the East Palestine train derailment, are railroads any safer?

Change is coming to the rail industry in the U.S. — but whether it's for the better or worse depends on who you ask.

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Norfolk Southern says cost of fiery Ohio train derailment has doubled to more than $800 million

The costs associated with Norfolk Southern's fiery February derailment in Ohio have more than doubled to $803 million as the railroad works to clean up the mess and moves forward with all the related lawsuits

The Independent UK

Norfolk Southern says cost of fiery Ohio derailment doubles to $803 million as cleanup continues

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East Palestine church hosts chemical exposure study in wake of train disaster

As East Palestine residents continue to experience wide-ranging symptoms in the wake of the February derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals, a research team from the University of Kentucky is launching the first study assessing biological samples for chemical exposure in East Palestine

The Independent UK

A Mobile Air Quality Monitor Reveals the True Extent of the Ohio Train Derailment Damage

Mechanical engineers at Carnegie Mellon University and toxicologists at Texas A&M University sampled East Palestine's air quality from a mobile lab.

Inverse

Rail union says Virginia derailment renews questions about Norfolk Southern's safety practices

The union that represents locomotive engineers says a coal train derailment in Virginia is renewing questions about Norfolk Southern's safety practices

The Independent UK

Railroad industry sues to block limit on crew sizes that Ohio imposed after E. Palestine derailment

The railroad industry has sued to block a new minimum crew-size requirement that Ohio imposed after a fiery train derailment in East Palestine in February

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine asks Biden to declare disaster over East Palestine train derailment

"In addition to the physical and mental health impacts, there have been economic impacts," he said in a letter to Biden.

Axios

States clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments and federal gridlock

Spurred on by train derailments, some states crisscrossed by busy freight railroads aren’t waiting for federal action to improve safety

The Independent UK

Up First: Modi's state visit, Titan search continues, East Palestine train hearings

President Biden rolls out the red carpet for India's prime minister. Time is running out in the search for the Titan submersible. And, the NTSB holds hearings on the East Ohio train derailments.

WEKU

All railroads must alert first responders within 10 miles of derailed train cargo under new rule

Federal regulators want first responders to a train derailment to know exactly what they are dealing with even before they reach the scene

The Independent UK

The Rail Safety Act Is About Union Handouts, Not Safety

The legislation—which was introduced in response to the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio—pushes pet projects and would worsen the status quo.

Reason

Senate panel OKs rail-safety bill; railroad vows to help homeowners affected by Ohio derailment

A Senate panel has approved a rail-safety measure in response to the train derailment earlier this year in East Palestine, Ohio

The Independent UK

Senate markup highlights tension in rail safety talks - Roll Call

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted 16-11 to advance a bill aimed at improving rail safety.

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Biden denies ‘bomb train’ permit to ship liquid gas through populated areas

Gas giant New Fortress Energy’s cars would have taken a route from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, hauling its explosive cargo

Tribune News Service

'We want answers just like adults': Ohio 17-year-old advocates for herself, other teens after train derailment

PITTSBURGH — Not many 17-year-olds need to think about the long term consequences of chemical exposure to their health.

The Independent UK

Rail CEO to testify in Ohio Senate about fiery derailment

Norfolk Southern’s CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel on Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment rocked the village of East Palestine

Tribune News Service

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Rail cars from East Palestine derailment relocated to Pa. rail yard

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Railcars from East Palestine derailment relocated to Pa. railyard

Multiple cars from the East Palestine train derailment have been relocated to a railyard in Conway in Beaver County.

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East Palestine contaminants spill again

The truck, which overturned in Ohio's Columbiana County, was carrying over 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil

The Independent UK

Ohio train derailment highlights waste disposal predicament

Officials in southeastern Michigan were angry when a landfill and deep-injection wells near Detroit received contaminated soils and liquids from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

The Independent UK

Regulators say railroads must examine how they build trains

Federal regulators say railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains

Tribune News Service

AJC Exclusive: Norfolk Southern CEO reflects on Ohio derailment

ATLANTA — As a massive smoke plume soared into the sky from the controlled burn of a wrecked Norfolk Southern train in early February, even the company’s CEO Alan Shaw was alarmed. And he’s been working for the railroad for more than 28 years.

WEKU

The Justice Department adds to suits against Norfolk Southern over the Ohio derailment

The federal government is accusing Norfolk Southern of "unlawfully polluting" the country's waterways and violating the Clean Water Act in the accident near East Palestine.

The Guardian - US

US Department of Justice sues Norfolk Southern over Ohio train derailment

Lawsuit reportedly seeks damages for alleged Clean Water Act violations following crash of train carrying hazardous materials

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