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Buttigieg calls on rail companies to improve safety, but industry has resisted

Here & Now‘s host Scott Tong speaks with The Lever’s Matthew Cunningham-Cook, who co-wrote a detailed examination of how the rail industry has fought tougher regulations on freight trains carrying hazardous chemicals through residential neighborhoods such as East Palestine, Ohio.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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