Tag: train

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 […]

Amtrak snafu leaves Philadelphia train stuck on the rails

A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority train got stuck in southwest Philadelphia Thursday after Amtrak routed the train onto the wrong tracks. The train was on the Wilmington/Newark line, headed from Newark, Delaware, toward the city’s 30th Street Station at the time of the incident. The power went out on one of the train’s cars at […]