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Norfolk Southern is paying $6.5 million to derailment victims. Meanwhile, it’s shelling out $7.5 billion for shareholders

Chris Isidore, CNN February 22, 2023

CNN– Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw pledged Tuesday the freight railroad will spend $6.5 million to help those affected by the release of toxic chemicals from its derailment nearly three weeks ago...

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during an event about fuel economy standards at the headquarters of the Department of Transportation April 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/File)

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to visit Ohio town affected by toxic train derailment on Thursday

Pete Muntean and MJ Lee, CNN February 22, 2023

CNN– Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday. The secretary has come under intense pressure from East Palestine residents...

Ohio governor drinks the tap water as the EPA demands Norfolk Southern manage all cleanup of a toxic train wreck – or face consequences

CNN -- The US Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Norfolk Southern to handle and pay for all necessary cleanup after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The EPA...

EPA chief returns to the site of a toxic train wreck as Ohio opens a health clinic for residents reporting symptoms

Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN February 21, 2023

CNN -- The nation’s top environmental official is headed to East Palestine, Ohio, where the state is opening a clinic Tuesday to address residents’ health concerns two weeks after the fiery derailment...

East Palestine residents ‘right to be skeptical,’ Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown says, but officials believe water and air are safe

Dakin Andone, CNN February 19, 2023

CNN -- US Sen. Sherrod Brown echoed officials’ beliefs Sunday that the water and air are safe in East Palestine, Ohio, after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed there earlier this month, but...

Feds are sending medical experts to Ohio toxic train wreck site as residents’ safety concerns simmer

Aya Elamroussi, CNN February 17, 2023

(CNN)--The Biden administration said it has deployed federal medical experts to help assess what dangers remain at an Ohio village where a train carrying hazardous materials derailed this month – a...

Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visits East Palestine following train derailment

Alexandria Manthey, TV2 Reporter February 16, 2023

Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. environmental protection agency, visited East Palestine, Ohio, Thursday to give an assessment of response efforts after a train holding toxic chemicals derailed...

A week after evacuations near the toxic Ohio train wreck ended, anxious residents pack meeting to express doubts about safety

Christina Maxouris and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN February 16, 2023

CNN -- Nearly two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the eastern Ohio village of East Palestine and sparked a massive dayslong blaze, residents packed a high...

Members of the Ohio National Guard work in East Palestine on Tuesday.
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Evacuation order lifted for residents near where train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed

Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN February 8, 2023

(CNN)--Residents near where a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, may return home after an evacuation order was lifted Wednesday, officials said. Air and water samples were analyzed overnight, and...

Daughter of East Palestine residents starts GoFundMe for displaced

February 8, 2023

After a train derailed from its tracks Friday night in East Palestine, many residents were forced to pack up their things in a matter of moments and seek shelter at neighborhood school evacuation sites....