Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they're getting new protections
The Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment known as โblack lungโ disease.
Miners' union backs shift from coal in exchange for jobs
The nationโs largest coal minersโ union says it would accept President Joe Bidenโs plan to move away from coal and other fossil fuels in exchange for a โtrue energy transitionโ that includes thousands of jobs in renewable energy and spending on technology to make coal cleaner.