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HR 971 Introduced – RAIL Act - Address the railroad hazardous material safety concerns including train inspections, first responder hazmat training, and train crew size – https://tinyurl.com/y6cjt2xu Subscription required #Legislation #RailroadSafety

@tltroup @bojacobs
There may have been an article listing toxic train disasters on Counterpunch years ago. A search turned up this other valuable article.
> its not just oil company and carrier greed for cash generating cargo like fracked oil to blame for the current disasters, you can also chalk up the railroad’s desire to save just a little more fuel, at the expense of safety, for the mess we are in.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/09/exploding-trains-and-crude-oil/
#RailRoadSafety #TrainDisasters #Counterpunch

Last Friday in East Palestine, OH, a freight train derailed that was carrying hazardous chemicals. This is the 3rd Ohio derailment that has occurred in the past four months.

#railroad #RailroadSafety

https://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/local-news/2023/02/string-of-derailments-plagues-ohio-communities/

One thing that troublese is that we can alert people, but we don't have effective communication methods with wildlife yet.

https://apnews.com/article/ohio-train-derailment-updates-bf5a60de2243cd6f7f730096aa33294c

#Ohio
#NorfolkSouthern
#TrainDerailment
#VinylChloride
#FossilFuels
#RailroadSafety

Did you know:

1. NASA promotes air safety through its successful and confidential Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS), which started in 1976.

2. Based on its success, in 2010 NASA partnered with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to promote railway safety by creating its similar Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS).

Both are managed at NASA Ames in Silicon Valley.

https://c3rs.arc.nasa.gov/

#NASA
#aviationSafety
#railroadSafety