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East Palestine residents say fears persist six months later |
Months after a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, residents say their concerns haven't been fully alleviated. |
While no one was killed in the Feb. 3 derailment, anxieties persist about longer-term threats that could be slower to show themselves. Water contamination is "a big issue and a big fear because the creeks run through town, and they run under businesses and houses, and so obviously that's really scary. There's a lot of pathways to exposure," Misti Allison, an East Palestine resident who works with the group Moms Clean Air Task Force, told The Hill. "So from an environmental perspective, there is still a lot of risk going on in East Palestine that probably a lot of people, if you don't live in this area, aren't aware of that," she added. In the meantime, Ohio's two senators, Sherrod Brown (D) and J.D. Vance (R), have been making a full-court press for railway safety reform legislation they introduced in the wake of the crash. "After years of raking in massive profits while cutting workers and cutting corners on safety, the company and the railroad industry continue to fight even the most basic safety rules in our bipartisan Rail Safety Act," Brown said in a statement last week. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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The disastrous wildfires that swept the island of Maui last week suggest new territory for natural disasters, including the prospect of large urban centers threatened by the blazes.
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Officials from three federal agencies served as witnesses during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Thursday aimed at examining the shortcomings of the federal response to Hurricane Ian. |
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The Biden administration will put up to $1.2 billion into two projects that will pull planet-warming carbon dioxide from the air in Texas and Louisiana. |
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Branch out with a different read on The Hill: |
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Maine has the highest vacant housing rate in the country, according to a new analysis from real estate website LAHomes. California, the most populous state in the nation, was found to have the lowest average home vacancy rate of 8.5 percent annually
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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West Virginia leaders fight tighter carbon pollution standards amid public health risks from coal-fired plants (The Charleston Gazette-Mail)
Inside the PR Machine That Made Climate Denial Work (Bloomberg) Why fire is a growing threat in Hawaii (The Verge)
'Forever chemicals' in drinking water are worrying Mississippi residents (Mississippi Today)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Thursday that Jared Kushner, former President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser while in office, "crossed the line of ethics" by accepting a $2 billion investment from the Saudi government in his private investment firm six months after he left the White House. Read more |
| Federal prosecutors and attorneys for former President Trump are in court Friday morning for a hearing on the prosecution’s request for a protective order in the election interference case. Read more |
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