A train derailment in Kentucky on Wednesday caused molten sulphur to spill out of two cars, starting a fire and leading to some residents evacuating the area.
Published: Friday, December 8th, 2023 @ 11:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Rail company Norfolk Southern doubled its estimate on the cost of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment disaster, now saying the associated costs will be $803 million.
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2023 @ 12:23 am
By: Daily Wire
|
So far, there are no reports of hazardous materials leaking.
Published: Saturday, August 5th, 2023 @ 2:43 am
By: Daily Wire
|
The Norfolk Southern 100-car train derailment and subsequent toxic chemical fallout in East Palestine, Ohio, caused nearly half of the U.S. government investigators to experience symptoms of illness while studying the health impacts, authorities said.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:43 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department officials announced a lawsuit on Friday against Norfolk Southern, the company at the center of the train derailment and subsequent chemical fallout in East Palestine, Ohio.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 1:17 am
By: Daily Wire
|
The list of toxic accidents in the United States is long. I use the term accidents loosely, because some of the toxicity that has poisoned land and river is a consequence of bad decisions, disregard for the safety of people and animals, and a general carelessness of creation.
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 @ 8:10 am
By: Lib Campbell
|
After a train carrying highly toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, President Joe Biden hopped on Air Force One, transferred to a train and went to … Ukraine.
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2023 @ 3:56 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Officials with the United States Surface Transportation Board approved the merger of Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited on Wednesday, marking the first combination of major rail companies in two decades.
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2023 @ 3:25 am
By: Daily Wire
|
The state of Ohio filed a lawsuit against rail company Norfolk Southern in federal court on Tuesday over the train derailment in East Palestine and subsequent chemical fallout.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 12:42 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Global rail systems company will invest $220 million in Lexington
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 3:53 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
Republican and Democratic lawmakers unveiled a bill on Wednesday that would increase safety restrictions on trains carrying hazardous materials.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 11:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
A senior researcher at Texas A&M University expressed concern that the EPA and other government agencies are neglecting to provide full information about the risks posed to residents of East Palestine, Ohio, in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical fallout.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 8:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Indiana Republican Governor Eric Holcomb denounced a plan from the Environmental Protection Agency to move chemical waste from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to a landfill in the western portion of the Hoosier State.
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2023 @ 6:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
The federal government ordered Norfolk Southern to stop removing hazardous materials from East Palestine, Ohio, where one of its trains derailed earlier this month causing an environmental disaster.
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2023 @ 11:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Residents affected by the train derailment and subsequent chemical fallout in East Palestine, Ohio, could be subject to a number of long-term health complications as a result of prolonged exposure to toxic substances
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 11:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Governor Josh Shapiro announced on Wednesday that his office made a criminal referral over a lack of cooperation from Norfolk Southern, the company at the center of the train derailment and subsequent chemical fallout in East Palestine, Ohio.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 3:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
The catastrophic February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was caused by an overheated wheel bearing on the 23rd of 149 rail cars, according to a preliminary report issued Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 @ 3:06 am
By: Daily Wire
|
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered Norfolk Southern, the company at the center of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to manage the cleanup of the toxic chemical spill.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 11:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Thousands of trains have passed directly behind CeramFab since the business was established in 2017, but workers never gave much thought to what came down the tracks until February 3, when a 100-car Norfolk Southern train derailed right behind the business and turned the opera
Published: Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 @ 5:51 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Utilities in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky shut Ohio River water intake valves early Sunday morning over concerns about contamination by hazardous materials from a train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 11:45 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Is North Carolina ready to respond to a similar accident?
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 11:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Former President Donald Trump will in the coming days visit East Palestine, Ohio, where a train carrying hazardous materials derailed this month.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 9:30 am
By: Daily Wire
|
The Biden administration announced Friday that it will send health professionals to East Palestine, Ohio, as the small town reels from a Norfolk Southern train derailment.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 10:24 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Residents of this small town near the Pennsylvania border are being assured the air and water are safe, even as they experience headaches, sore throats, and other worrisome symptoms in the wake of a train derailment, chemical spill and massive “controlled burn”
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 9:28 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Footage of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) disturbing a creek bed in East Palestine, Ohio, and causing chemical bubbles to rise to the surface garnered millions of views as the nation becomes increasingly concerned about the fallout from the nearby Norfolk Southern train derailment.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 4:53 am
By: Daily Wire
|
The New York Times claimed that concerns about the potentially hazardous effects from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, are overblown by “right-wing commentators” that seek to “sow distrust” in government agencies.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2023 @ 8:18 am
By: Daily Wire
|
President Joe Biden’s administration rejected a request for federal disaster assistance from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine in response to the train derailment in East Palestine earlier this month.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2023 @ 8:08 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) challenged EPA Administrator Michael Regan to drink a glass of tap water in East Palestine, Ohio, after the agency claimed the water supply was safe despite the small town’s recent Norfolk Southern train derailment and toxic chemical disaster.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 10:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine revealed Thursday that the Biden administration’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is still refusing to offer assistance for Ohio after the massive train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 3:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tried to spin bipartisan criticism of his job performance Wednesday by suggesting that Congress should have played a role in preventing disasters like the still-unfolding situation in East Palestine, Ohio.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 2:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Vinyl chloride, the chemical released from the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, breaks down during combustion into phosgene, a substance used as a chemical weapon in World War I, according to multiple fact sheets from federal agencies.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 2:53 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Before the 50-car Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, the train had experienced a mechanical failure on the route, according to train employees.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 12:08 am
By: Daily Wire
|
Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) invited Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to a town hall on Wednesday evening about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, asserting that the official has not heard the concerns of those impacted by the disaster.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 11:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board investigating the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, are collecting and examining evidence related to the crash, which placed the small town at significant risk due to the presence of industrial chemicals on the vehicle.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 1:51 pm
By: Daily Wire
|