Train Derailment in East Palestine part 2
How can a community bounce back when a train derails, catches fire, and spills tons of harmful chemicals?
This installment of “On Air with Clean Air Council” is the conclusion of our two-part episode looking into the aftermath of Norfolk Southern’s train derailment in East Palestine, OH. This two-part episode features Clean Air Council’s Andrew Woomer, as well as residents and activists Hilary Flint and Jess Conard.
In this second episode we discuss the support received by residents living in and around the East Palestine crash site and hear some of the lasting effects almost a year later.
If you missed the first episode of this series, you can listen to it here.
Guests: -Andrew Woomer, Advocacy Coordinator for Southwest Pennsylvania at Clean Air Council -Hilary Flint, Director of Communications and Community Engagement for Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community and Vice President of Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment -Jess Conard, Appalachia Director for Beyond Plastics
Learn more about Clean Air Council at Cleanair.org, Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community at MarcellusAwareness.org, Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment at facebook.com/groups/758398132306434, and Beyond Plastics at beyondplastics.org