#259: East Palestine Train Derailment: 3 years later

About this episode

Chuck discusses the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine with Lesley Pacey, focusing on the government's failure to support the affected community.

Today, Chuck talks with Lesley Pacey, Senior Environmental Officer at the Government Accountability Project, about the Norfolk Southern disaster that occurred three years ago this month in East Palestine, Ohio, and how the people impacted have been failed by their government. Learn more about GAP: https://whistleblower.org/Their work on East Palestine: https://whistleblower.org/category/east-palestine/Intro/Outro/Transition Music: “Barefoot and Pregnant” by Gwen Levy and the Breakdown h...

People in this episode

Host: Chuck

Guest: Lesley Pacey

Topics covered

• environmental disaster
• government accountability
• community impact
• East Palestine
• train derailment
• Norfolk Southern

Keywords

• East Palestine
• train derailment
• Norfolk Southern
• government accountability
• environmental disaster
• Lesley Pacey
• community impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Government Accountability Project, Norfolk Southern

Places: East Palestine, Ohio

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