{"id":1961485,"date":"2023-06-30T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environment-of-distrust-east-palestine-residents-slam-government-response-to-train-disaster\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T17:43:36","slug":"environment-of-distrust-east-palestine-residents-slam-government-response-to-train-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environment-of-distrust-east-palestine-residents-slam-government-response-to-train-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"East Palestine residents criticize government&#8217;s handling of train disaster, citing an atmosphere of distrust."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenvironment-of-distrust-east-palestine-residents-slam-government-response-to-train-disaster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1961485&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Residents Demand Government Action Following East Palestine Train Derailment<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents impacted by the disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/east-palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Palestine<\/a>, Ohio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-50-killed-in-taiwans-deadliest-rail-disaster-train-carrying-nearly-500-people-crashes-and-derails\/\" title=\"At Least 50 Killed In Taiwan\u2019s \u2018Deadliest Rail Disaster,\u2019 Train Carrying Nearly 500 People Crashes And Derails\">train derailment<\/a> in February are continuing to criticize the government\u2019s handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environment-of-distrust-east-palestine-residents-slam-government-response-to-train-disaster\/\" title=\"East Palestine residents criticize government's handling of train disaster, citing an atmosphere of distrust.\">toxic fallout stemming<\/a> from the train wreck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">East Palestine locals created a group earlier this month called the Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment Community, demanding that Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-dewine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike DeWine<\/a> (R-OH) declare an emergency over the derailment. With the July 3 deadline coming up for DeWine to make a move, many residents are still skeptical of the government\u2019s response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe want transparency and we want the freedom to choose, and we can\u2019t be letting these corporations decide the fate of our lives anymore,\u201d Hilary Flint, who helped form the Unity Council, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/pennsylvania\/article_a0019294-16b8-11ee-a501-43efcf088008.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> The Center Square.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of the train cars, operated by Norfolk Southern, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/half-of-u-s-investigators-fell-ill-while-studying-east-palestine-train-derailment-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carrying<\/a> vinyl chloride, a human carcinogen used to manufacture PVC, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ill-save-a-seat-for-you-ohio-congressman-says-it-is-past-time-buttigieg-hears-out-residents-harmed-by-train-crash\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019ll Save A Seat For You\u2019: Ohio Congressman Says It Is \u2018Past Time\u2019 Buttigieg Hears Out Residents Harmed By Train Crash\">formed massive plumes<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-calls-for-answers-after-ohio-train-derailment-notes-alarming-reports-he-received\/\" title=\"J.D. Vance Calls For Answers After Ohio Train Derailment, Notes \u2018Alarming\u2019 Reports He Received\">black smoke visible<\/a> throughout eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania after it was released via controlled burn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The group blasted DeWine in its petition for the governor to declare the aftermath of the 53-car train wreck an emergency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">make matters worse<\/a>, Governor DeWine has given control of the clean-up to Norfolk Southern \u2013 the same company responsible for the disaster \u2013 regarding testing and the financial aid process for impacted people and businesses. It\u2019s not only a conflict of interest, it\u2019s an insult to those affected, and Norfolk has left thousands without proper care,\u201d the emergency petition <a href=\"https:\/\/only.one\/act\/east-palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The petition says that many in the East Palestine community believe that they are in danger of being forgotten, and they don\u2019t trust the government\u2019s response to the disaster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey\u2019ve created such an environment of distrust with how they handled this in the beginning and continue to \u2014 and when I say \u2018they,\u2019 I mean Norfolk Southern, the government, any government agencies like the EPA,\u201d Flint said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DeWine\u2019s press secretary, Dan Tierney, said that the emergency declaration would not be approved because Norfolk Southern was covering the financial burden of the derailment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe FEMA program is designed as, essentially, an insurer of last resort for property damage,\u201d Tierney told The Center Square. \u201cVery early on, if we were hearing things where somebody wasn\u2019t getting reimbursed for (a) hotel or per-diem food, we\u2019d bring it to Norfolk Southern\u2019s attention and they\u2019d be paying for it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Residents Demand Action<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flint has not been satisfied with the government\u2019s handling, saying that not enough tests were being conducted on homes impacted by the accident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey can\u2019t say there\u2019s not property damage because they have not even gone into people\u2019s homes to test for everything,\u201d Flint said. \u201cThey\u2019re testing for a very specific few chemicals when this was many chemicals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents affected by the devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, are still expressing dissatisfaction with the government&#8217;s response to the hazardous aftermath. The Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment Community, formed by locals, is urging Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) to officially declare the situation and address the concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1961486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}