We the Patriots USA, Inc., et al v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
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4:23-cv-00382
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September 26, 2024
EPA Cleared Of Allegations Of Mishandling Ohio Derailment
An Ohio federal judge has dismissed allegations that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mishandled its response to the 2023 East Palestine train derailment, finding little evidence that government officials wrongly cleared air and water quality as safe enough for residents to return home.
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August 16, 2023
EPA Downplayed Risks After Ohio Train Derailment, Court Told
A conservative nonprofit and an East Palestine resident told an Ohio federal judge that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot escape a lawsuit alleging it downplayed the harmful health impacts of the government's response to the Norfolk Southern toxic train derailment.
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July 05, 2023
EPA Says CERCLA Bars Train Derailment Response Suit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking an Ohio federal judge to dismiss it from a suit the conservative nonprofit We The Patriots USA Inc. filed after the East Palestine derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals, arguing the group's challenges of its contaminant testing and monitoring methods are barred by federal statute.
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May 16, 2023
Ohio Gov. Fires Back At 'Farce' Derailment Response Suit
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the director of the state's Environmental Protection Agency slammed a conservative nonprofit's suit calling their response to the train derailment in East Palestine a "staged farce," urging a federal court to throw out the case.
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February 27, 2023
Ohio, US EPAs Sued Over 'Staged Farce' In Train Derailment
A conservative nonprofit hit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its Ohio counterpart with a federal lawsuit Monday alleging they put on a "delicately staged farce or a stunning display of incompetence" following the toxic train derailment in East Palestine earlier this month.