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Finding the Secret Rail Hazmat Routes Near You [1]

Under federal rules, states can decide whether to divulge information about hazardous materials rolling along their railways — and mostly they don’t. Not knowing where and when hazmat trains are traveling or what’s on board creates anxiety and raises the risk for those who live near the tracks. TipSheet offers resources and step-by-step instructions for investigating railway hazmat threats to your community.

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Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Policy [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
International [18]
Canada [19]
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Public [20]
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"Record-Breaking Storm Freddy Due To Hit Mozambique Again" [21]

"Tropical Storm Freddy is due to hit the coast of Southern Africa again on Saturday after killing at least 21 people in Mozambique and Madagascar when it first made landfall last month."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [4]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [20]
Africa [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 03/10/2023
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"La Nina Is Gone. These Were The Deadly Storms During Its Run" [28]

"La Nina seemed to treat Louisiana and the rest of the Southeast United States like a punching bag. Its three-year barrage of body blows has come to an end, but left behind a lot of scars from hurricanes and tornadoes among other weather disasters."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [18]
Source: AP [29], 03/10/2023
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"U.N. Buys Tanker To Store Oil From Decaying Vessel Off Yemen" [30]

"The United Nations has purchased a large tanker to store about 1.1 million barrels of oil that will be transferred from a decaying vessel off Yemen's coast in a bid to avert an environmental disaster, officials said on Thursday."

Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [20]
International [18]
Source: Reuters [31], 03/10/2023
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Senate Panel That Grilled Norfolk Southern CEO Is Awash In Company's Cash [32]

"Norfolk Southern’s corporate PAC has donated more than $375,000 to members of the Senate committee that grilled the railroad’s chief executive on Thursday about the toxic derailment of one of the company’s trains in East Palestine, Ohio."

Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [34], 03/10/2023
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Norfolk Southern CEO Says He’s Sorry For Train Derailment Impact On Ohio [35]

"The chief executive of a railroad company that operated a train that derailed and caused a release of toxic chemicals in February told the Senate on Thursday that he is “deeply sorry” for the impact on East Palestine, Ohio, and he is personally committed to “make this right.”"

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [33]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [37], 03/10/2023
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"California Flood Watch Issued As Next Atmospheric River Looms" [38]

"Flood watch notices were posted across northern and central California for Thursday ahead of an atmospheric river storm expected to douse much of the state with heavy rain, including mountain areas still buried from a near-record snowfall."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [20]
California [39]
Source: Reuters [40], 03/09/2023
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"Norfolk Southern CEO Bringing Apology, Aid To Senate Hearing" [41]

"The chief executive of one of the nation’s largest railroads is coming to a Senate hearing with an apology and a commitment to send millions of dollars to the village on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border disrupted by a fiery derailment as senators investigate railway safety and the Biden administration’s response to the disaster."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [15]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [42], 03/09/2023
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"‘We’re Going After’ PFAS Exposure, Biden Tells Firefighters" [43]

"President Joe Biden wants to limit the risks firefighters face from exposure to toxic chemicals in their gear and from wildfires fueled by climate change, he said Monday."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [44]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [7]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [45], 03/08/2023
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"Tracking the Erratic Path of US Climate Migrants" [46]

"In The Great Displacement, Jake Bittle follows families displaced by flooding, drought and other disasters as the “next American migration” begins in earnest."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [4]
People & Population [24]
Planning & Growth [47]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg CityLab [48], 03/08/2023
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