PennWest panel to discuss derailment impact on environment
PennWest University California will host “Ask the Expert: Environmental Disasters,” focusing on the Norfolk Southern train derailment, at 11 a.m. April 13 at the university’s Frich Hall or virtually at pennwest-edu.zoom.us/95002482362.
The program will feature Dr. David Argent, professor of wildlife and fisheries biology at PennWest; Rick Spear, aquatic biologist supervisor for the state Department of Environmental Protection, and Dr. Michael Slaven, environmental historian at PennWest.
They will discuss what the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, means for the environment, specifically the people, plants and animals near the crash site, and highlight some of the biological monitors used to assess the threat to the region.
For more information, visit www.pennwest.edu/news/pennwest-dep-experts-weigh-impacts-of-ohio-train-derailment.