Join Grist for a conversation about “bomb trains,” and the communities put at risk by the transport of hazardous chemicals.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDT
In the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, many who live in railroad towns are wondering what sorts of materials are being transported through their communities and whether something similar could happen to them. Many are examining the common practices, oversights, and failures that led to the derailment in East Palestine, while others are looking beyond the Ohio disaster and shining a critical light on the industries that require the use of such dangerous, often extractive, petrochemicals in the first place.
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