#ohiotraindisaster — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/23/ohio-train-derailment-overheated-wheel-crash?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #NorfolkSouthernTrainDerailment Crew tried to stop Ohio train after alert about wheel bearing, safety report finds

Investigators into #EastPalestineTrainDisaster say engineer put on brakes but train derailed and became engulfed in huge fireball
#CorporateGreedKills #OhioTrainDisaster

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/27/ohio-train-east-palestine-norfolk-southern-pr-push?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #OhioCoverup #NorfolkSouthernTrainDerailment Crafting an illusion’: US rail firms’ multimillion-dollar PR push

Norfolk Southern, the company behind the #OhioTrainDisaster and other rail firms spent millions on marketing and lobbying #PoliticalCorruption #CorporateGreed #EnvironmentalCrisis

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/02/east-palestine-donald-trump/ #TraitorTrump is taking credit for coming to the 'aid' of #EastPalestine as a political ploy by a planned campaign visit Ohio Sen Sherrod Brown, has blamed  Trump for contributing to the #OhioTrainDisaster because his administration withdrew an Obama-era regulation that required better brakes for trains hauling flammable material the Biden administration’s slow response to the disaster in East Palestine has provided an opening for Republicans #ArrestTrumpNow #TrumpCrimes

Apparently "free groundwater monitoring" means the same after a train derailment as "free credit monitoring" means after a privacy breach: Pretty much the least the offending company can do and also pretty much worthless... #OhioTrainDisaster

“There Will Be More Derailments”
https://www.levernews.com/there-will-be-more-derailments/ Association of American Railroads, the FRA proposed amendments to already pitiful existing safety standards that would reduce the frequency of brake testing on freight cars equipped with an electronic inspection-tracking system.

The changes under consideration are staunchly opposed by five major rail unions. #OhioTrainDisaster #environmentaljustice

Worth remembering..Oil Train Safety Rules Getting Rolled Back By Trump Administration - OPB https://www.opb.org/news/article/oil-train-safety-rule-rollback-by-trump/ #ArrestTrumpNow #environmentaljustice #OhioTrainDisaster

Congressional hearings NOW! https://www.huffpost.com/entry/norfolk-southern-skips-community-town-hall-train-disaster_n_63ed620be4b0808b91c492f6
Railroad Giant To Skip Town Hall On Train Disaster, Citing 'Physical Threats'
Norfolk Southern said it had become “increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees." #OhioTrainDisaster #environmentaljustice