Top pilots’ union sounds alarm as regulators consider smaller crew sizes
Firms accused of putting profits over safety as EU group weighs cutting minimum number of pilots from two to one
June 2024
Chemicals from East Palestine derailment spread to 16 US states, data shows
Rain and snow samples from Wisconsin to Maine and North Carolina after crash show highest pH levels over last decade
May 2024
Norfolk Southern agrees to $310m settlement over 2023 East Palestine derailment
Settlement for disaster that resulted in plumes of toxic chemicals in Ohio town includes funds for cleanup costs
April 2024
Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600m for Ohio toxic train derailment
Company says settlement will resolve all class action claims within 20-mile radius from February 2023 derailment
February 2024
Biden visited East Palestine a year after Trump. This doesn’t bode well
Ben Davis
The Biden campaign keeps fumbling basic progressive causes – allowing Trump to falsely paint himself as a populist hero
Biden visits scene of 2023 Ohio rail disaster – a year too late, critics say
President pledged to get cleanup job done and pushed for protective measures as protesters held ‘anti-Biden’ rally
Politics Weekly America
A year on from the East Palestine toxic train derailment, what’s changed? – podcast
The Guardian’s fossil fuels and climate reporter, Dharna Noor, travelled to East Palestine to see for herself what’s changed in the 12 months since the disaster
August 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s campaign manager to pay $25k over Ohio train derailment scam
Isaiah Wartman and two others ordered to pay restitution over role in fraudulent fund claiming to help East Palestine victims
‘It feels like an apocalyptic movie’: life in East Palestine six months after toxic train crash
Federal and state officials say the air, water and soil is safe – but locals in Ohio town are still suffering damaging symptoms
Six months after the Ohio train derailment, Congress is deadlocked on new safety rules
It remains an open question whether the derailment that shattered life in East Palestine will become a catalyst for action
June 2023
Ohio derailment: fire chiefs call for more training on hazardous chemicals
NTSB holds rare field hearing in East Palestine, Ohio, focused on crucial decision to release and burn toxic vinyl chloride
May 2023
No one has accepted real responsibility for the East Palestine disaster
Zsuzsa Gyenes
There is still a disturbing chemical odor three months later – yet we’re fighting for accountability from Norfolk Southern, the Ohio governor and the CDC
April 2023
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
March 2023
US Department of Justice sues Norfolk Southern over Ohio train derailment
US environmental agency to conduct internal inquiry over Ohio train wreck
I live near the East Palestine chemical spill. Officials who say we’re safe are lying
Greg Mascher
Plan to test for dioxins near Ohio train derailment site is flawed, experts say
Trump deregulated railways and banks. He blames Biden for the fallout
Levels of carcinogenic chemical near Ohio derailment site far above safe limit
Norfolk Southern sued by widow over trainee conductor’s decapitation
