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Safety advocates are bemoaning the delay of new safety standards to protect coal miners from deadly dust exposure.
Former NIOSH employees are continuing to speak out against federal cuts that will negatively impact coal miner safety in West Virginia and beyond.
By Russell Coleman and JB McCuskey Special to NKyTribune America needs coal. For generations, our nation has tapped into coal ...
The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now ...
The Trump Administration and DOGE laid off 25 federal workers who were responsible for the one program America's coal miners ...
Silica dust has replaced coal dust as the silent killer down mineshafts in Appalachia. More miners are developing respiratory ...
Black lung, a debilitating and often fatal condition caused by inhalation of coal and silica dust during mining, affects roughly 1 in 5 miners who have worked in the Central Appalachian mines for ...
The list of 10 most endangered rivers of 2025, according to the nonprofit American Rivers, includes the Mississippi River and ...