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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge

Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays

The Guardian - US

We know how to prevent black lung, so why are workers still dying?

Silicosis sufferers are getting younger as Trump and the coal mining industry push back on protections

The Guardian - US

Black Lung Hits Highest Rate Since 1978 Among Veteran Central Appalachian Miners, Federal Data Show

New NIOSH data show one in three veteran central Appalachian coal miners tested positive for black lung, the highest rate since 1978.

Medical Daily

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‘It seems like they don’t care about us’: Rural America ruptured as coal miners protest lax rule enforcement linked to black lung

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black lung.

Fortune

Huge wind turbine blade falls off truck and crashes into traffic on busy interstate

Interstate Highway 70 has now reopened following the crash

The Independent UK

Trump administration reverses planned closures of 3 dozen US mine safety offices

The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration

The Independent UK

Things to know about the US coal industry and proposed changes under the Trump administration

The U.S. coal industry has been in a steep decline for decades, and President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect it

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Outrage as Trump’s coal expansion coupled with health cuts: ‘There won’t be anyone to work in the mines’

Agencies protecting coal miners from hazards such as ‘black lung’ among those gutted by government cuts

The Guardian - US

Things to know about the US Mine Safety and Health Administration and the coal industry

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal industry

The Independent UK

Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety

Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, calls a recommendation by the Trump administration to close three dozen offices of the Mine Safety and Health Administration across the country “idiotic.”

The Independent UK

New federal safety rules on silica dust aim to protect miners' lungs

Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to silica dust are expected to finally go on the books on Tuesday.

WEKU

As coal miners suffer and die from severe black lung, a proposed fix may fall short

For decades, miners have called for limits on highly toxic silica dust, which they're exposed to while mining. An investigation shows its impact and the weakness of proposed rules to protect them.

WEKU

After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung

A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust

The Independent UK

It’s been decades since toxic dust rules for mines have improved. Lawmakers are taking notice.

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