Private well sampling in East Palestine gets $2 million boost from federal funding

Abigail BottarMarch 21, 2024

Columbiana County will sample 250 residential wells using an independent laboratory and local agency staff, not Norfolk Southern contractors.

East PalestineHealthWater

President Biden visits East Palestine, announces public health studies

Abigail BottarFebruary 19, 2024

Amid protestors, President Biden visited East Palestine a year after the train derailment and announced grants to study health impacts of the chemical release.

East PalestineHealthTransportation

‘We refuse to die’: East Palestine residents mark one year since train derailment

Abigail BottarFebruary 6, 2024

Activists from the Gulf Coast and Pennsylvania joined those in East Palestine to erect a carving that looks toward the site of the derailment.

East PalestinePollution

Norfolk Southern finishes soil remediation under East Palestine train tracks

Abigail BottarJuly 7, 2023

Norfolk Southern has completed soil remediation under both tracks in East Palestine where the February train derailment took place.

PollutionTransportation

NTSB hearing casts doubt on decision to vent and burn derailed Norfolk Southern train

Abigail BottarJune 23, 2023

The owner of the vinyl chloride in the railcars and an outside expert testified that the catastrophic explosion emergency responders feared was not likely.

Transportation

Could new rail safety rules prevent the next East Palestine? More sensors could be key, experts say

Abigail BottarApril 14, 2023

Congress is considering legislation that would address the use of sensors along the rails that can notify train operators of trouble.

Transportation

U.S. Department of Justice sues Norfolk Southern, claiming Clean Water Act violations

Abigail BottarMarch 31, 2023

The DOJ claims the company unlawfully discharged pollutants and hazardous materials from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

PollutionTransportationWater

Emotions spill over in East Palestine in contentious public meeting

Abigail BottarMarch 3, 2023

This was the first time Norfolk Southern faced the residents of East Palestine, who shouted and booed and expressed frustrations and fears.

HealthPollutionTransportation

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine calls on Congress to look at rail safety following East Palestine derailment

Abigail BottarFebruary 18, 2023

DeWine said the railroads should have to notify communities of what's being transported through them.

PollutionTransportation