A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles of last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Judge Benita Pearson gave the deal final approval after a hearing where the lawyers who negotiated it with the railroad argued that […]
People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year’s Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on top of whatever money they get for property damage as part of a $600 million class-action settlement. The lawyers who negotiated the deal have increased the estimated injury payment […]
More than a year after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and exploded in East Palestine, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) returned to the eastern Ohio village to discuss its investigation into the disaster and offer recommendations to prevent future calamities. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy opened the June 25 hearing by stating: […]
Precipitation carried toxic emissions to as many as 16 states after the February 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that triggered a blaze of hazardous chemicals, according to an environmental study. Measurements of the chemical compounds found in precipitation showed that the area impacted spanned from the Midwest through the Northeast, according […]
Norfolk Southern has agreed to an estimated $310 million settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department more than a year after the railway company’s trains crashed, exploded, and spilled toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio last year. If the settlement is approved by a U.S. District Court judge, Norfolk Southern will pay […]
Norfolk Southern Corporation announced on Tuesday it has reached a $600 million agreement to resolve a class action lawsuit related to the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The settlement comes in the wake of the Feb. 3, 2023 incident in which a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train carrying 151 cars derailed, spilling hazardous chemicals, […]
A ruling by a federal judge has determined that Railroad company Norfolk Southern alone will be liable for the cost of the clean-up following the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment in February last year. The decision came a day after the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) testified in a Senate hearing on […]
A controlled burn of five derailed tank cars in last year’s train crash in East Palestine, Ohio, could have been avoided, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) testified at a Senate hearing on March 6. NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy was responding to questions from Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio ), in which she […]
Boisterous supporters of former President Donald Trump shouted, “One year too late” as President Joe Biden’s long motorcade arrived in downtown East Palestine on Feb. 16. It marked President Biden’s first visit to the eastern Ohio village that became a household name across the United States when a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals […]
President Joe Biden visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday, over a year after the Norfolk-Southern train derailment that resulted in the spilling of toxic chemicals through a large portion of the town. President Biden chastised the Norfolk-Southern train company in his speech, criticizing what he called an “act of greed” which he says led to […]
President Joe Biden on Friday traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, for the first time since the fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train a year ago released more than a million gallons of hazardous materials and pollutants. President Biden delivers remarks on how his administration is holding Norfolk Southern accountable for the derailment and is […]
Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a hearing in East Palestine this June. The National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday that it will hold the hearing at East Palestine High School on June 25 to approve the findings of its investigation. That […]
One year after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, President Joe Biden will make his first visit to the eastern Ohio village, according to a White House statement. President Biden will meet with residents affected by the fiery crash and “assess the progress that his administration has helped deliver […]
The Israel-Hamas war is revealing cracks within the Democratic Party poll after poll showing that young voters are dissatisfied with President Joe Biden’s handling of the war. A New York Times poll says voters trust former president Trump over Biden on this issue. Here’s the latest.
OMAHA, Neb.—Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives, but the head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday the new rule is flawed because it excludes freight trains like the one that derailed and caught fire in eastern Ohio earlier this year. The Federal Railroad Administration […]
President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to continue holding Norfolk Southern accountable for its February derailment in eastern Ohio and appoint a FEMA official to oversee East Palestine’s recovery, but he still stopped short of declaring a disaster. Biden issued the executive order Wednesday evening. Part of the order essentially directed the environmental, health and […]
GOP lawmakers have asked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to provide information related to “a series of aviation and rail safety failures” that have recently taken place across the country. “These failures indicate a recent and disturbing pattern of failures at the Department” which puts the safety of Americans at risk, Republicans on the House Committee […]
White House Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre insisted to a reporter at a press briefing on Sept. 5 that President Joe Biden will visit East Palestine, Ohio, despite recently saying he has not had time to do so—over 7 months after the devastating train derailment there on Feb. 3.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday urged President Joe Biden to declare a major disaster in response to the toxic train derailment that occurred in East Palestine in February. The incident resulted in the release of hazardous chemicals from several rail cars operated by Norfolk Southern and raised health concerns among local residents. DeWine emphasized […]
The National Transportation Safety Board held a hearing on Thursday and Friday to shed new light on the train derailment that left East Palestine, Ohio, residents demanding answers. A question that was brought up in the hearing was whether it was the right decision to vent and burn the hazardous chemicals inside the railcars.
