Guardian reports on miners' benefit struggles amid coal industry boost
1 Sep 20 · 3d ago · 3 articles · 2 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Coverage documents the gap between the Trump administration's push to boost coal and the surge in black-lung disease cases, highlighting miners like Josh Armes who have spent years fighting appeals while their condition deteriorates.
“I can't figure out one thing. They sent me a paper that said I got first- and second-stage black lung. That ought to be enough, or do you have to be dead?”
Josh ArmesJosh Armes Retired coal miner with black-lung diseaseCrystal Armes Daughter of Josh ArmesMark Warner, John Hickenlooper, Tim Kaine, John Fetterman Democratic senatorsTrump administration Current executive branch
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4 outlets ‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
first by Mastodon, 3d ago · also Mother Jones, Guardian Environment, Guardian US
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- Sickened Coal Miners Plead for Their Black Lung Benefits as Cases Surge Mother Jones · 1d ago
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Sickened coal miners are pleading for their black lung benefits as cases surge
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"They sent me a paper that said I got first- and second-stage black lung. That ought to be enough, or do you have to be dead?”
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