Bloomberg Law is covering ReImagine Appalachia's and the @appcitizenslaw.bsky.social's new black lung report in this article.
@reimagineappal8ia.bsky.social
@reimagineappal8ia.bsky.socialBloomberg Law is covering ReImagine Appalachia's and the @appcitizenslaw.bsky.social's new black lung report in this article.
@rwkeller.bsky.socialblack lung, just like gran-papi
@appcitizenslaw.bsky.socialKentucky members of the Black Lung Association visited Washington, D.C. trip this week to inform congressional members of the growing rates of #blacklung in Central Appalachia and the needed enforcement of the 2024 Silica Rule to lower working miners exposure to #silica dust.
@appvoices.orgCoal miners, their families & medical professionals from #Kentucky, #Pennsylvania, #Virginia and #WestVirginia gathered in the nation’s capitol yesterday to meet with senators & representatives to advocate for improving #BlackLung benefits & protections.
https://loom.ly/2lVx6RA
@appvoices.orgToday we joined dozens of Natl. Black Lung Association members in DC to bring coal communities’ voices to lawmakers. We’re talking about rising #BlackLung, stronger silica dust protections & barriers to benefits. Black lung is at a 50-year high. Miners deserve better.
@reimagineappal8ia.bsky.social🪨As rates of black lung disease soar and safety deregulation persists, tune in to hear what is at stake and what actions can be taken to course-correct!
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@hoshkador.bsky.socialOne musician, two very different electronic worlds.
David Thrussell brings both Snog and Black Lung to Fourscher Festival in November for their exclusive European appearances of 2026.
Read more: md-eksperiment.org/en/post/2026...
@appcitizenslaw.bsky.socialThank you to @govandybeshear.bsky.social for urging support of the #SupportOurMinersAct. Kentucky #BlackLung Association members will be in DC next week to discuss these and other issues with their Congressional offices. We hope to see more leaders take action to show their support of coal miners.
@publicnewsservice.bsky.socialNearly 1 in 3 #Appalachian #coal miners with 25+ years underground now has #BlackLung — a rate not seen in almost 40 years for miners with just 15 years on the job. Advocates blame stalled enforcement of a 2024 silica rule.
@workersnotsilent.bsky.socialNEW FILM: “Do You Have to Be Dead?” Coal miners with black lung are forced through years of delay while their lungs fail. I turned Michael Sainato’s @us.theguardian.com report into a narrated workers’ film with real footage and music. Watch: youtu.be/qS_vzTMh5ew #BlackLung
@workersnotsilent.bsky.social“Coal Dust Nation” is my musical tribute to miners fighting black lung and a benefits system that can take longer than their lungs can last. Hear it, share it, and stand with injured workers: youtu.be/hyXDJ0UQc9g #ProtestMusic #BlackLung #LaborMusic
@workersnotsilent.bsky.socialCoal miners and injured WORKERS are told to trust “the process”—even when it delays, denies and wears families down for years. Medicare for All matters, but it will not end the class war on labor. Only enforceable federal standards can do that. A musical tribute. 🧵 #BlackLung
@thebroadlens.bsky.social
@coyotewallace.bsky.socialBlack Lung is at the highest rate it has been in decades while benefits for those afflicted with Black Lung are at their lowest. The Trump administration's efforts to roll back regulations designed to protect miners will only lead to more sickness and death.
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@thezebraalliance.bsky.socialThis is no bueno!
" #CoalWorkers pneumoconiosis, or #blacklung disease, is one of over 200 types of #pulmonaryfibrosis ...classified as an interstitial lung disease."
This happens when miners have to cut through (mass amts of) rock to reach coal (because clean coal seams have been depleted).