A new federal rule aimed at reducing coal miners’ exposure to silica dust, a leading cause of black lung disease, has been put on delay until August. (Getty Images) As President Donald Trump signed ...

Roosevelt Neal and Gary Hairston (right), members of the Fayette County Black Lung Association, sit in an office building of the U.S. Senate last May. They were visiting Washington, D.C. to speak with ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Coal miners, their family members, and union representatives rallied outside of the ...

When the silica dust rule was first finalized last year, Emery said it felt like “finishing a marathon.” So much work and time had gone into developing the rule — from miners, from care providers, ...