Pete Buttigieg to visit East Palestine Ohio 20 days after toxic train derailment

Biden: 'At this point I'm not' planning to visit East Palestine, Ohio, after toxic train derailment

By Donald Judd and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House Friday he has no plans travel to East Palestine, Ohio, and defended his administration’s response to the train derailment there that caused a toxic chemical spill. “At this point, I’m not,” Biden said, when asked if he has any plans to visit the community, pointing instead to his and his administration’s early and consistent response to the disaster. “Yo…

East Palestine businesses still shut down after derailment while coping with contaminated soil dump

Terry Berresford is the owner of State Line Tavern, where his parking lot is overrun with heavy duty trucks shuttling back and forth from the nearby derailment site. He says he has not been told by any authoritative body when the road will reopen and clear his tavern for business.

Biden does not plan to visit site of Ohio train derailment

By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he has no plans to visit the site of the train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in an Ohio town earlier in February. The trail derailment in East Palestine prompted the evacuation of thousands of people and ignited health concerns. "I've spoken with every single major figure in both Pennsylvania and Ohio. So the idea that we're not engage…

Spotlight on railway regulations and safety after East Palestine derailment

Since the East Palestine derailment, many questions have come up about regulating the railways as well as criticisms about what has changed that has impacted safety and who is watching.

East Palestine contaminated water being moved to Vickery waste site

East Palestine contaminated water being moved to Vickery waste site

East Palestine toxic train derailment soil heads to Metro Detroit waste company

After the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, tons of contaminated dirt needed somewhere to go. That somewhere was US Ecology, a waste disposal company in Van Buren Township specializing in hazardous waste.