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Inside the urgent Hill fight to compensate nuclear testing survivors
FromPOLITICO Energy
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9 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Congress must quickly decide if survivors of nuclear testing on American
soil will continue to receive financial benefits related to healthcare
and other costs under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which
expires June 7. POLITICO’s Gloria Gonzalez breaks down the fight over
this program and the consequences if it isn’t renewed. Plus, the Biden
administration announced that Norfolk Southern will pay just over $500
million because of last year’s train derailment in East Palestine,
Ohio.
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Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Annie Rees is a senior audio producer-host at POLITICO.
Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO.
Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO.
soil will continue to receive financial benefits related to healthcare
and other costs under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which
expires June 7. POLITICO’s Gloria Gonzalez breaks down the fight over
this program and the consequences if it isn’t renewed. Plus, the Biden
administration announced that Norfolk Southern will pay just over $500
million because of last year’s train derailment in East Palestine,
Ohio.
For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch,
our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch
And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy
newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro:
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Annie Rees is a senior audio producer-host at POLITICO.
Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO.
Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO.
Released:
May 24, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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