east palestine Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/east-palestine/ A platform for change Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:10:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Oddly enough, ‘blistering letters’ and ‘voluntary safety programs’ aren’t enough to make rail safe https://flux.community/topher-sanders/2023/09/oddly-enough-blistering-letters-and-voluntary-safety-programs-arent-enough-to-make-rail-safe/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:10:08 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14217 On Friday, Union Pacific, the nation’s largest freight railroad carrier, received a blistering letter from federal regulators who criticized the company for poorly maintaining its fleet, furloughing workers who perform train maintenance and allowing its managers to pressure inspectors to stop their efforts in order to keep freight moving. The letter, signed by Federal Railroad Administration […]

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]]> Company contracted by Norfolk Southern knows who pays the bills https://flux.community/sharon-lerner/2023/03/company-contracted-by-norfolk-southern-knows-who-pays-the-bills/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:47:25 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12930 Last month, Brenda Foster stood on the railroad tracks at the edge of her yard in East Palestine, Ohio, and watched a smoky inferno billow from the wreckage of a derailed train. The chemicals it was carrying — and the fire that consumed them — were so toxic that the entire area had to evacuate. […]

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