Buttigieg Defends Fed
Response to Train Derailment in Ohio (Connecting
the Dots: Pete Buttigieg, Oxford University, The U.S. Department of
Transportation, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The Federal
Railroad Administration & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax
By Fran Beyer
| Tuesday, 14 February 2023
03:26 PM EST
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/buttigieg-train-derailment-norfolk-southern/2023/02/14/id/1108658/
Transportation
Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday defended the federal response to the
fiery derailment of a train in Ohio that was carrying hazardous materials,
saying officials are working "to keep residents safe."
In a post on
Twitter, Buttigieg hailed the cleanup and monitoring effort, saying, "From
day one, our USDOT personnel have been assisting in the response to the Norfolk
Southern derailment in Ohio."
"As NTSB conducts its investigation and EPA works to keep residents safe,
our Federal Rail and
Pipeline and Hazardous Material teams will continue to offer support," he
wrote.
The EPA announced in a tweet that "our
air monitoring has not detected any levels of health concern that can be
attributed to the incident."
The assurances came as residents in East Palestine, Ohio,
returned to their homes after evacuation amid fears about explosions from the
derailed train that was carrying hazardous materials, The Hill reported.
The contents of the rail cars were burned to prevent an
explosion, while officials conducted a "controlled release" of toxic
chemicals. Noxious odors have also largely dispersed from town, though
still remain near some streams, according to the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette.
The Wall
Street Journal reported that about 50 cars of a 150-car
Norfolk Southern train derailed Feb. 3, causing a chemical fire, with officials
later draining vinyl chloride — a colorless gas that can burn easily and is
used to make hard plastic resin — from five tanker cars to prevent an
explosion.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation by
the DOT.
Air testing inside 291 homes detected no vinyl chloride
or hydrogen chloride, the EPA said on Monday, the Journal reported, but 181
more homes still need to be screened.
The railroad has already restarted service along the
train route, which serves a major rail yard in Conway, Pennsylvania, about 25
miles southeast of East Palestine.
"Our hazmat team was in East Palestine within an
hour of the incident, and the response continues today in close
coordination" with local, state and federal officials, Norfolk said Monday
in a statement, the Journal reported.
About 4.5 million tons of toxic chemicals are
transported through U.S. communities every year by rail, and 12,000 trains
carrying hazardous materials cross through towns and cities each day, The
Guardian reported.
"The Palestine wreck is the tip of the iceberg and a
red flag," Ron Kaminkow, a former Norfolk Southern freight engineer and
secretary for the Railroad Workers United, told The Guardian. "If
something is not done, then it's going to get worse, and the next derailment
could be cataclysmic."
Connecting the Dots:
William A.
Nitze was an assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank),
Open Society Foundations was a
funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think
tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Walter Isaacson
is president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was
a Rhodes scholar at the Oxford University.
John Brademas was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a Rhodes
scholar at the Oxford University.
Giulio Tremonti is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a fellow at
the Oxford University.
James M. Manyika is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was a research
fellow at the Oxford University.
Pete
Buttigieg is
a graduate at the University of Oxford, attending the latter on
a Rhodes Scholarship and the Secretary of
Transportation for the Joe Biden Administration.
Federal
Railroad Administration is a division of the U.S. Department
of Transportation.
William T.
Coleman Jr. was a secretary for the U.S. Department of
Transportation and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Richard N. Haass was
a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a Rhodes
scholar at the Oxford University.
Strobe Talbott is
the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
was a Rhodes scholar at the Oxford University.
E.J.
Dionne is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and was a Rhodes scholar at the Oxford University.
Susan E. Rice was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
a Rhodes scholar at the Oxford University.
William T.
Coleman Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a secretary for the U.S. Department of
Transportation and a life trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Urban Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
William
D. Ruckelshaus is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think
tank) and was an administrator for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
Resources: Past
Research
Obama's New EPA Chief:
Climate Change 'Most Significant Public Health Threat Of Our Time' (Past Research on the EPA)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/obamas-new-epa-chief-climate-change.html
Researcher’s Note: Was
this an accident or premeditated? (Past Research on
the Federal Railroad Administration)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2018/02/researchs-note-was-this-accident-or.html
Pete Buttigieg
(Connecting the Dots: Pete Buttigieg, Oxford University, Rhodes Scholarship, The FAA,
American Airlines, United Airlines & Soros Funding, All Networking)
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/01/pete-buttigieg-connecting-dots-pete.html
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