Sep 25 Health Miners Urge Congressional Action On Pensions, Black Lung Fund Retired coal miners and coal community activists are on Capitol Hill this week urging action on two important issues for miners: pensions and black lung benefits. By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource Sep 25 Health Miners Urge Congressional Action On Pensions, Black Lung Fund Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource
Sep 24 Environment Safer Direction? Top Mine Regulator Addresses Concerns About Dust And Deaths In Coal Trump’s top mine safety regulator used a recent lecture in West Virginia to lay out his priorities for the agency charged with keeping miners safe. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Sep 24 Environment Top Mine Regulator Addresses Concerns About Dust And Deaths In Coal Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jun 29 Environment National Academy Report Urges Stronger Coal Dust Monitoring Amid Black Lung Surge The report says the coal mining industry needs a “fundamental shift” in the way it controls exposure to coal and rock dust in order to prevent lung disease among miners. By Jeff Young Jun 29 Environment Report Urges Stronger Coal Dust Monitoring Amid Black Lung Surge Jeff Young
Jun 5 Environment Black Lung Benefits Fund In Deepening Debt As Epidemic Surges A new study from the Government Accountability Office finds that the federal fund supporting coal miners with black lung disease could be in financial trouble without congressional action. By Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource Jun 5 Environment Black Lung Benefits Fund In Deepening Debt As Epidemic Surges Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jun 4 Community Coal Miners’ Fund Set For Deep Cuts As Black Lung Epidemic Grows A federal trust fund for coal miners with the deadly disease black lung could run up a $15 billion deficit, if a planned funding cut happens at the end of the year. By Howard Berkes, NPR Jun 4 Community Coal Miners' Fund Set For Deep Cuts As Black Lung Epidemic Grows Howard Berkes, NPR
May 17 Health Lung Transplants Rise Amid Region’s Black Lung Epidemic A new study shows that as black lung cases have surged there has also been a dramatic increase in one very expensive and risky surgical treatment — lung transplant. By Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource May 17 Health Lung Transplants Rise Amid Region’s Black Lung Epidemic Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource
Mar 29 Environment Amid Black Lung Surge, Kentucky Changes Benefits Process For Miners Lawmakers in Kentucky this week approved changes to a benefits program that critics say will make it harder for sick miners to get help. By Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource Mar 29 Environment Amid Black Lung Surge, Kentucky Changes Benefits Process For Miners Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource
Mar 28 Health Congress Boosts ‘Black Lung’ Treatment Funding By Millions Hundreds of coal miners have been diagnosed with Progressive Massive Fibrosis in the last five years. The advanced stage of the disease is known as "black lung." By Howard Berkes, NPR Mar 28 Health Congress Boosts 'Black Lung' Treatment Funding By Millions Howard Berkes, NPR
Feb 12 Environment Living With Black Lung: Coal Miners Caught In A Surging Epidemic The central Appalachian coalfields are in the middle of an unprecedented epidemic of severe black lung disease. Here is the story of two men in the middle of it. By Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource Feb 12 Environment Living With Black Lung: Coal Miners Caught In A Surging Epidemic Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource
Feb 6 Health Black Lung Study Finds Biggest Cluster Ever Of Fatal Coal Miners’ Disease The cluster, found in central Appalachia and first reported by NPR, indicates that a disease once thought to be on the decline is still a common killer among coal miners. By Howard Berkes, NPR and Adelina Lancianese, NPR Feb 6 Health Study Finds Biggest Cluster Ever Of Fatal Coal Miners' Disease Howard Berkes, NPR and Adelina Lancianese, NPR
Jan 15 Politics Miner Change: Trump’s Big Talk On Coal Brings Small Change In First Year One year into the Trump administration, some miners have returned to work in the Ohio Valley region. But the uptick in hiring and production is minor. By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource Jan 15 Politics Trump’s Big Talk On Coal Brings Small Change In First Year Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 20 Environment Mine Health Expert Concerned About Review Of Coal Dust Rule The Trump administration has announced a review of an Obama-era rule that protects coal miners from exposure to the dust that causes black lung disease. By Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 20 Environment Mine Health Expert Concerned About Review Of Coal Dust Rule Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 15 Environment Controversial Mine Safety Nominee Faces Final Vote The country’s top mine safety position has been vacant since January as coal mining fatalities have risen to a two-year high. By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 15 Environment Controversial Mine Safety Nominee Faces Final Vote Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 9 Community ‘Matewan’ Revisited: Film Unearthed Region’s Buried Labor History Thirty years ago, the release of a small-budget film had an outsized effect on the way people in Appalachian coal country thought about their past. By Jeff Young Oct 9 Community 'Matewan' Revisited: Film Unearthed Region’s Buried Labor History Jeff Young
Oct 5 Economy Bipartisan Bill Would Prop Up Coal Miners’ Pensions The American Miners Pension Act, or AMP, would secure pensions for about 43,000 miners in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 5 Economy Bipartisan Bill Would Prop Up Coal Miners' Pensions Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource