By S.E. Williams
Sometimes it is hard to determine noise from reality as Trump and his lackeys continue to flood the national echo chamber with action after threat after Musk center proclamation.
With so many devastating layoffs, cuts, and gutting of social, environmental and other programs coupled with the continuous unorthodox threats, it is sometimes hard to know where to fight back. In my estimation, we must not let anything that can threaten the physical and economic well being of the people across the country regardless of race, creed, color or political affiliation– go unnoticed.
This weekend, Democratic Congresswoman Norma Torres who represents the Inland Empire’s 35th Congressional District pushed back on the administration’s plans to shutter the Western Regional Hazardous Materials (WRHMO) Office in Ontario, CA. A branch of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, WRHMO is apart of the Federal Department of Transportation.
WRHMO is responsible for overseeing the safe and secure movement of daily shipments of hazardous materials by all modes of transportation across the Western Region of the United States.
Government agencies report that more than one million shipments to toxic, hazardous materials move across the country every day. This includes corrosive gases, explosive materials and nuclear waste, among other cargo. According to the Center for Justice & Democracy, in 2023, trucks carried about 856 million tons of gasoline, more than 644 million tons of fuel oils, over 460 million tons of natural gas and other fossil fuel products; in addition to more than 19 million tons of crude petroleum–all of this moves across the nation’s rails and roads.
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