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New crisis in miners’ health brings troubling memories
August 26, 2025Screening systems and compensation for victims of Black Lung has been the focus of decades of struggle by unionized miners and their allies.
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Biden-Harris Admin announces $428M for coal communities to expand clean energy manufacturing
October 23, 2024The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Tuesday $428 million in grant funding for the building and expansion of green energy manufacturing in communities where coal mines have recently been decommissioned. The 14 projects...
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Mine Workers’ Roberts: Corporate greed extends black lung suffering
June 7, 2024Disease is roaring back in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.
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How an Aboriginal woman fought a coal company and won
June 3, 2024Murrawah Maroochy Johnson, a 29-year-old Wirdi woman of the Birri Gubba Nation, led a lawsuit against the coal company in 2021 and won.
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‘Monumental Decision’: Biden admin proposes ending coal leasing in most productive mining area
May 20, 2024The United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed the ending of new coal leases on federal land in Montana and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB) — the nation’s most productive...
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