Environmental Health

"Norfolk Southern CEO Dodges Question On Support For Railway Reform Bill"

"Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw said Wednesday that he supports certain aspects of a bipartisan railroad safety bill introduced after a train operated by the company crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, but declined to endorse the bill as a whole."

Source: The Hill, 03/23/2023

"Residents Sue St. James Parish To Halt Chemical Plants"

"St. James Parish community groups are calling for a ban on new petrochemical plants to halt what they say is a history of racist land use decisions that have concentrated polluting industries in Black neighborhoods, according to a federal lawsuit."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/22/2023

"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again"

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Source: Guardian, 03/21/2023

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