Category: Enivronment
Jury decides Norfolk Southern should pay for the $600 million settlement in 2023 Ohio derailment
The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won’t have to help pay for the $600 million settlement Norfolk Southern agreed to with residents.
Biden-era regional administrators implore Trump’s U.S. EPA chief to stop the carnage
Seven U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrators who served during the Biden administration are accusing President Trump’s pick to lead that agency of abandoning its mission and endangering public health through all of its cutbacks and reorganization.
Wildwood's 50th anniversary recognized at Metroparks board meeting
Metroparks Toledo commissioners led off their monthly meeting Wednesday with a look back at how its most-visited park became part of the district in 1975.
U.S. Army engineers decide to fast-track Enbridge Line 5 tunnel permits
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use.
Former Ohio EPA chief Anne Vogel to head U.S. EPA Region 5 office
Three months after accusing outgoing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Midwest Regional Administrator Debra Shore of government overreach, former Ohio EPA Director Anne Vogel has been given her job.