East Palestine Cleanup ‘Highest Priority’ For EPA, Zeldin Says In First Visit

February 3, 2025
EPA’s ongoing cleanup of pollution stemming from the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, OH will be the agency’s “highest priority,” Administrator Lee Zeldin says, underscoring the second Trump administration’s expected priority focus on emergency incidents as well as its shifting approach to environmental justice. With Vice President JD Vance at his side, Zeldin told a Feb. 3 press conference in the village during his first official trip since his swearing in that the Trump administration and EPA are “in...


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