Tag: Ohio

EPA lawyer handled Ohio train wreck despite her husband’s law firm representing Norfolk Southern

A senior Environmental Protection Agency lawyer managed cleanup efforts and congressional oversight of last year’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, despite her husband’s law firm defending the company responsible for the wreck. Documents obtained by The Washington Times reveal that EPA Deputy General Counsel for Environmental Programs and Oversight Natalia Sorgente was allowed […]

GOP Hopeful in Ohio Rips Biden EPA Over East Palestine Cleanup

A Republican candidate for the House of Representatives ripped the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, saying it was “mistreating residents” of East Palestine, Ohio. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he would visit the city where the Feb. 3, 2023, train derailment occurred, fulfilling a promise to visit East Palestine made in March 2023. The derailment caused people to evacuate after chemicals […]