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Norfolk Southern Rail Bridges in Western Pennsylvania in Disrepair, Study Warns

The company dismissed the findings of a new report on 20 rail bridges in the Pittsburgh area. Thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical burned after its 2023 derailment in Ohio.

By Kiley Bense

A Norfolk Southern freight train runs past the site of the February 2023 derailment on the outskirts of East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: Phil Zhang/Xinhua via Getty Images
This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board shows the site of the derailed Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: NTSB/Handout via Xinhua

New Guidelines Center the Needs of People With Disabilities During Petrochemical Disasters

By Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 4, 2023. The train accident sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders. Credit: Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Images

NTSB Says Norfolk Southern Threatened Staff as They Investigated the East Palestine Derailment

By Kiley Bense

President Joe Biden receives an operational briefing from EPA officials on the response and recovery effort at the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site on Feb. 16. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Ohio and Pennsylvania Residents Affected by the East Palestine Train Derailment Say Their ‘Basic Needs’ Are Still Not Being Met

By Kiley Bense

The site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 14, 2023. Credit: Rebecca Kiger/The Washington Post via Getty Images

One Year Later, Pennsylvanians Living Near the East Palestine Train Derailment Site Say They’re Still Sick

By Kiley Bense

The site of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment on Feb. 17, 2023. The train derailment happened on Feb. 3 in which 38 cars derailed, including 11 containing hazardous materials, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate for several days. Credit: US Environmental Protection Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

From Fracked Gas in Pennsylvania to Toxic Waste in Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S.

By Kiley Bense

Misti Allison

A Train Derailment Spilled Toxic Chemicals in her Ohio Town. Then She Ran for Mayor

By Jessica Kutz, The 19th

This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: NTSB/Handout via Xinhua/Getty Images

Rural Communities Like East Palestine, Ohio, Are at Outsized Risk of Train Derailments and the Ensuing Fallout

By Aydali Campa

Trucks line up on a residential street one block from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The residual waste was transported from Ohio to Texas. Credit: Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images

EPA Paused Waste Shipments From Ohio Train Derailment After Texas Uproar

By Dylan Baddour

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 4, 2023. The train accident sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders. Credit: Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Images

Derailed Train in Ohio Carried Chemical Used to Make PVC, ‘the Worst’ of the Plastics

By James Bruggers

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