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US politics
fromTruthout
16 hours ago

Coal Miners Were Poised to Win Key Safety Protections. Then Trump Showed Up.

Appalachian coal miners suffer worsening black lung while enforcement of a 2024 MSHA rule limiting respirable crystalline silica exposure remains delayed beyond April 14, 2025.
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a "Death Sentence." But They're Not Going Without a Fight.

The Trump administration refused to enforce a federal silica-exposure rule that would have halved miners' silica exposure, endangering Appalachian coal miners' health.
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