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    Norfolk Southern CEO and EPA Officials on Toxic Train Derailment

    “I am determined to make this right,” said Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw during his opening testimony on the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Also testifying before t…

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    Senate Minority Leader McConnell on Ohio Train Derailment

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R=KY) criticized Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s response to the toxic chemical spill caused by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. …

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    EPA Administrator Regan Roundtable in East Palestine, Ohio

    EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) and Rep. Bill Johnson (R) participated in a roundtable discussion with residents in East Palestine on the environmental impact …

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    Eugene Mulero on Ohio Train Derailment and Toxic Chemicals

    Eugene Mulero talked about the train derailment in northeast Ohio and questions about the safety of transporting toxic chemicals.

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    Oil Transport Safety

    Brigham McCown talked about oil train derailments and pipeline spills and the debate over which mode of transportation is safest.

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    Implementation of Highway Spending Bill

    Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx testified at a hearing on the implementation of the $305 billion Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which President Obama signed into l…

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    Transportation of Hazardous Materials

    Marie Therese Dominguez, administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), talked about safety concerns with oil and natural gas pipelines and the transpor…

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    Q&A with Robin Nagle

    Robin Nagle talked about her book, Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City, in which she suggests that garbage workers were the most imp…

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    Pipeline Safety and Regulation

    Andrew Black talked about the aging pipeline system in the country as well as regulation and the economics of the industry. The rupture on March 29, 2013, of an Exxon Mobil pipe line carryin…

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    No Fear

    Marsha Coleman-Adebayo talked about her book, which recounts her case against the Environmental Protection Agency, her former employer, which attempted to quell her claims that a corporation…

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    Public Health and Drinking Water

    Witnesses testified about the Environmental Protection Agency’s rules to limit a pair of toxic chemicals that had been found in public water supplies. The chemicals chromium-6 and perchlorat…

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    Asbestos and Workplace Conditions at the Smithsonian, Panel 2

    A hearing was held on recent revelations that the Smithsonian Institution failed to address dangerous workplace conditions, including the presence of asbestos in museum walls. Allegations we…

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    Asbestos and Workplace Conditions at the Smithsonian, Panel 1

    A hearing was held on allegations of asbestos exposure at Smithsonian Institution museums. It was held in response to a Washington Post story about a worker at the National Air and Space Mus…

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    Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository

    Edward Sproat delivered opening remarks at the forum on “Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Renaissance: Assessing the Safety and Viability of a Vital National Asset.” Then a panel of experts di…

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    Environmental Outlook

    Professor Garte talked about environmental issues, saying that the earth is in recovery, not in peril. He is the author of the book, Where We Stand: A Surprising Look at the Real State of Ou…

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    Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

    Barbara Kingsolver talked about her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, published by HarperCollins. She described her family’s year-long attempt to eat only food they grew …

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    Water Quality at Beaches

    A hearing was held on how to protect water quality at the nation’s beaches. Representatives Pallone and Bilbray were the first witnesses.

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    EPA Response to September 11 Atacks

    Witnesses testified about environmental conditions in lower Manhattan following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Environmental Protection Agencies responses to the attacks in the days and…

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    High Tech Trash

    Elizabeth Grossman talked about her book, High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health, published by Island Press. She described the health hazards of electronic waste, …

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    Rail Security

    Secretary Michael Chertoff spoke to reporters about a new rail security package targeting high risk hazardous materials in transit. He also responded to questions from reporters.

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