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Shapiro Criticizes Norfolk Southern’s Responses to Major Derailment, Chemical Spill

By Oliver Morrison | WESA
Published February 21, 2023 at 11:46 PM EST
Gov. Josh Shapiro gives a second update on the East Palestine Train Derailment from Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) headquarters on Feb. 6, 2023.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro gives a second update on the East Palestine Train Derailment from Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) headquarters on Feb. 6, 2023.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is criticizing rail company Norfolk Southern’s response to a derailment last week near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. WESA’s Oliver Morrison explains what Shapiro says the rail company did wrong.

A spokesperson for Norfolk Southern says the company did work with local and state agencies and says it called Shapiro's office to try to address his concerns.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 2/15/23)
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Oliver Morrison | WESA
Oliver Morrison is a general assignment reporter at WESA. He previously covered education, environment and health for PublicSource in Pittsburgh and, before that, breaking news and weekend features for the Wichita Eagle in Kansas. He started his career in New York reporting for local and national publications like City Limits and The Atlantic. He taught English and theater in the Arkansas Delta for seven years before switching careers in 2013. Oliver is a graduate of Deep Springs College, the University of Oxford and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
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