KFF Health News: Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb black lung in coal miners
By Taylor Sisk KFF Health News In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him…
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New rule cracks down on coal companies’ abandonment of black lung liabilities
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service A new federal rule aims to close a loophole allowing coal companies to walk…
Advocates say new silica dust rule won’t curb black lung; affected miners are younger, sicker
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service After the Biden administration released a new rule setting standards to limit exposure to…
Shouldering coal’s costs: Uncertain future awaits for programs addressing coal industry health impacts
By Katie Myers Ohio Valley ReSource Bennett Quillen walks through a late August downpour to check on his fall crop…
Tyler White: Don’t burden coal country with a tax increase on the industry; coal needs to compete
Black Lung is a terrible disease. Just one case is a case too many. All miners who suffer from black lung must receive the benefits…
Congress still has a chance to rescue support for miners with black lung, coal communities
By Mary Kuhlman Public News Service Congress has a chance to provide support to workers and communities in Kentucky suffering…
New study shows as black-lung cases have surged Central Appalachia, so have lung transplants
A new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine shows that, as black-lung cases have surged in the…