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By Mary Fanning, America Out Loud, Feb 20, 2023

Mary Fanning is the Executive Producer for The National Security Hour on America Out Loud Talk Radio Network. Fanning is an investigative journalist at The American Report covering national security.  …

 

The environmentally disastrous February 3, 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, of Norfolk Southern train 32N, transporting rail tanker cars filled with dangerous chemicals, has been compared to the 1986 Chernobyl radiation disaster in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Ultimately, responsibility for the Chernobyl disaster lies at the feet of Soviet officials who controlled the nuclear plant and launched an immediate cover-up, and responsibility for the East Palestine disaster lies at the feet of the federal officials who regulate U.S. railroads: President Joe Biden and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

Responsibility for the East Palestine derailment environmental catastrophe also lies with Norfolk Southern, which adopted a controversial cost-cutting operational strategy known as precision scheduled railroading (PSR). The biggest Norfolk Southern shareholders are Vanguard Group, JP Morgan Investment Management, and Blackrock Fund Advisors. …

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