Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that ...

Gizmodo reached out to the Trump administration and the UMWA for comment.

Federal protections for coal miners with black lung disease are at risk as significant layoffs erode vital programs. Mass ...

A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts.

The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now ...

West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito asked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on ...

Layoffs halt black lung protection programs for miners NIOSH and MSHA programs suspended amid Trump administration cuts Miners face increased risk as safety regulations enforcement weakens OAK ...

As Trump Eyes Coal Revival, His Job Cuts Hobble Black Lung Protections for Miners By Valerie Volcovici OAK HILL, West Virginia (Reuters) - Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West ...

That programme, which relocates coal miners diagnosed with black lung to safer jobs at the same pay – along with a handful of others intended to protect the nation’s coal miners from the ...