Category: chemical spill

Capitol Report: Trump Visits East Palestine; Rep. Brad Wenstrup Discusses New COVID Investigations

Former President Donald Trump is visiting East Palestine, Ohio, where cleanup is underway after the train derailment that has left the small town on edge from the chemical spill. What does Trump have to say and how is President Joe Biden responding? Biden is pledging full support for NATO as he wraps up his Poland trip, as…


Trump Delivers Bottled Water During Visit to Ohio’s Toxic Derailment Site, Criticizes Biden Admin’s Response

Former President Donald J. Trump met with East Palestine, Ohio, residents and officials on Feb. 22, to provide much-needed bottled water and cleaning supplies as the village continues to recover from the aftermath of a recent train derailment and chemical spill. “We’re bringing a lot of water—thousands of bottles,” Trump told reporters following a tour…


Biden Admin’s ‘Migrants First, Americans Last’ Policy

Commentary President Joe Biden’s “Put Americans Last” policy is on full display at the chemical spill disaster in Ohio. Fearing for their lives, local residents of the small town of East Palestine, Ohio, have been forced to evacuate their homes, their eyes burning, their skin mottled with rashes, their drinking water suspect—yet the Federal Emergency…


‘It Is a Miracle’ No Lives Were Lost in Ohio Derailment: Rep. Bill Johnson

Divine intervention is what prevented any loss of life from the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, according to Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio). “I mean, it is a miracle,” Johnson told NTD News, The Epoch Times’ sister outlet, on Monday, Feb. 20. “It is absolutely by the grace of…


Cancer-Causing Chemicals Could Be Spreading From Derailment Site: Ohio Senators

Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are sounding the alarm over the potential spread of “highly toxic,” cancer-causing pollutants from the East Palestine, Ohio, site where a Norfolk Southern train derailed on Feb. 3. In a Feb. 18 letter (pdf) to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Ohio Environmental Protection…


EPA Chief: Norfolk Southern Will ‘Absolutely’ Be Held Accountable for Ohio Chemical Spill

Nearly two weeks after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, leaked hazardous chemicals into the surrounding city, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan promised residents that the railway company would “absolutely” be held accountable. “Let me be clear: EPA will exercise our oversight and our enforcement authority under the…


LIVE 2:45 PM ET: Ohio Governor Expected to Talk About Chemical Spill

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine holds a press conference at 2:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 14. He’s expected to give an update on the aftermath of the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE NOW: Ohio Governor Gives Updates on Train Derailment Aftermath

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine holds a press conference at 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 14. He’s expected to give an update on the aftermath of the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Ohio Governor Gives Updates on Train Derailment Aftermath

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine holds a press conference at 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 14. He’s expected to give an update on the aftermath of the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …