One Reason Why Victims of the Norfolk Southern Derailment Should Be Wary of Trusting the U.S. Government (The BP Oil Well Blowout of 2010: A Case Study)
One Reason Why Victims of the Norfolk Southern Derailment Should Be Wary of Trusting the U.S. Government (The BP Oil Well Blowout of 2010: A Case Study)
By Brian J. Donovan February 18, 2023Journal of Accountability is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. During a recent visit to East Palestine, Ohio, Michael Regan, the EPA administrator, walked along a creek that reeks of chemicals and sought to reassure skeptical residents that the water was fit for drinking and the air safe to breathe around East Palestine. “I’m asking they trust the government. I know that’s hard. We know there’s a lack of trust,” Regan said. “We’re testing for everything that was on that train.”
BP executives should have been criminally indicted. The US lacks the will to prosecute C-suite executives.