Norfolk Southern safety plan would add more ‘hotbox’ sensors to its tracks
The company would add 200 more hotbox sensors that detect problems like the kind that derailed a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine.
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Norfolk Southern agrees to pay for East Palestine residents to relocate during cleanup
One resident reported the company offered a prepaid debit card with $500 per week, while the remediation is expected to last about six weeks.
Researchers find high levels of hazardous chemicals weeks after East Palestine derailment
Carnegie Mellon and Texas A&M researchers found high levels of acrolein, a chemical found in manufacturing and formed in combustion. It is considered a hazardous air pollutant.
Emotions spill over in East Palestine in contentious public meeting
This was the first time Norfolk Southern faced the residents of East Palestine, who shouted and booed and expressed frustrations and fears.
After community pressure, EPA orders Norfolk Southern to test for dioxins
Concerns about dioxins have been mounting since the company intentionally burned several rail cars’ worth of vinyl chloride.
Hazardous Waste from train derailment site heads to disposal facilities in Ohio, Indiana
Contaminated waste, including soil and liquid, is being sent to hazardous waste landfills, incinerators, and injection well.
New bill would lower threshold for labeling trains ‘high-hazard’
The bill would also require high-hazard trains to travel at slower speeds in newer cars, with better braking equipment and additional reporting requirements.
Pa. leaders begin to piece together what happened after East Palestine derailment
A dozen residents testified under oath about how dramatically the accident had altered their lives. Norfolk Southern's CEO was a no-show.
Activists look to outside researchers for answers on soil and water safety in East Palestine
We spoke with River Valley Organizing, an East Liverpool, Ohio nonprofit, about its effort to secure independent soil and water testing.
Could dioxins be in the soil after the East Palestine train derailment? Experts weigh in
Experts fear that dioxins, a group of toxic chemicals, could have been formed when vinyl chloride was burned at the derailment site.
