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Videos appear to show shimmering chemical contamination on creeks near the >site of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and chemical leak.
Experts tell USA TODAY the rainbow-colored material is likely vinyl >chloride, a heavier-than-water chemical that both leaked and burned >following the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train. The >videos mark yet another example of heightened health and environmental >concerns in the wake of the disaster.
<https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/17/east-palestine- >ohio-train-derailment-water/11282711002/>
Many conservative lawmakers have complained the EPA has not responded >aggressively enough to the spill. The EPA says Ohio and other federal >agencies are better suited to assist.
Vance in particular has attacked the EPA and challenged officials to drink >the water in the streams in East Palestine.
Underlying the discussion: The EPA has 20% fewer employees today than it
did at its peak in 1999, when about 18,100 people worked there.
The EPA's annual budget hit a high of $10.3 billion in 2010, and today
sits at $9.5 billion. If the budget had kept up with inflation, it would
be $14 billion. In 2017, then-President Trump proposed a 31% cut to the >EPA's annual budget, although Congress ultimately rejected most of his
cuts.
President Biden has proposed a 2023 EPA budget of $11.8 billion, including >hiring an extra 1,900 workers.
The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law also provided billions in
additional funding for programs overseen by the EPA, including
environmental justice and cleanups. Most of the EPA's funding actually
gets passed through to states and local governments, according to the >agency.
Ohio is among 24 states suing the federal government over the EPA's plans
to toughen environmental regulations and pollution limits in small streams >and wetlands over a long-disputed "Waters of the United States" rule. That >lawsuit was filed Thursday.
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 03:49:41 +0100 (CET), "Global Warming!" <global.warming@outlook.com>
wrote:
Videos appear to show shimmering chemical contamination on creeks near the >>site of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and chemical leak.
Experts tell USA TODAY the rainbow-colored material is likely vinyl >>chloride, a heavier-than-water chemical that both leaked and burned >>following the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train. The >>videos mark yet another example of heightened health and environmental >>concerns in the wake of the disaster.
Um, if it's heavier than water, why is it floating on *top*?