Click the links below to access our archive of media coverage over the years.
2023:
Rail Transportation of Petrochemicals; What we can learn from East Palestine
Frustration Grows Over Lack of Action on Legislation to Improve Rail Safety
Visiting health care professionals take “environmental justice tour” of Pittsburgh
East Palestine Disaster Shows How Philanthropy Can Halt Chemical Accidents in Their Tracks
Expanded Health and Environmental Funders Network Presentation March 16 2023
State and Federal Action Items and Rail Safety Improvement Act March 16 2023
WTAE Chronicle: Trouble on the Tracks
Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien: Concern Over Rail Safety After Recent Train Accidents
The Guardian: Ohio Train Derailment Wake-Up Call
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Risky railways from Pittsburgh to Palestine
WTAE: Rail Disaster Probability Discussed in Thursday Night Town Hall
Air Quality Town Hall #10: An East Palestine Derailment in Pittsburgh
Trib Live: Fire chief to headline Zoom session on emergency management, rail disasters
2021:
WQED Documentary, “The Air That We Breathe, Part 2”, March 25, 2021
Air Quality Town Hall Press Release, April 6, 2021
Our Right to Clean Air- A Resident-Led Town Hall, April 6, 2021
2020:
Are double stack trains safe enough to go through Pittsburgh? 11 Investigates November 09, 2020
Response to Norfolk Southern Merchant Street Bridge Video – Executive Summary and Comments
2019:
City of Pittsburgh Protest, February 7, 2019
Senator Fontana Letter, February 11, 2019
Sinkhole discovered in local railroad bridges raises safety concerns, February 18, 2019
Lawmaker, residents ask PUC to review Norfolk Southern rail inspections, February 18, 2019
RP3 Press Release, February 18, 2019
DOMI Letter to PUC, February 19, 2019
DOMI Press Release, February 21, 2019
Opposition mounting toward double-stack trains through North Side, February 25, 2019
RP3 Press Release, February 25, 2019
Dozens of people opposed to double-stacked trains attend meeting, February 27, 2019
Glenn Olcerst on Double-Stack Trains, February 28, 2019
Local Groups Question Plans To Add A Second Double-Stack Freight Route in Pittsburgh, March 8, 2019
PA Representatives Voice Support for RP3 in Letter to Public Utility Commission, March 29, 2019
Medical Professionals Request for Health Impact Assessment of the PVCP, July 20, 2019
2018:
Taking on the trains: Consider Norfolk Southern’s impact on 14 communities, June 23, 2018
Double-talk about double-stacked trains and proposed city route, July 2, 2018
This is more than a tale of two bridges, July 20, 2018
Pittsburgh: Think twice about allowing more rail traffic to roll through the city, July 29, 2018
Senator Fontana Letter, August 16, 2018
Proposed Rail Changes Can Have Significant Health Impacts for Allegheny County, Summer 2018
Norfolk Southern: Broken Rail Caused Derailment Over Summer, November 23, 2018
2016:
Protecting Your Community From Crude Oil “Bomb Trains”, July 6, 2016