Kim Kelly: It took 50 years for the Dept of Labor to update its federal standard to better protect coal miners from the deadly silica dust that’s driving an epidemic of black lung across Appalachia. Now, the Republicans are trying to kill it: t.co/lTtAzS5Vq4

It took 50 years for the Dept of Labor to update its federal standard to better protect coal miners from the deadly silica dust that’s driving an epidemic of black lung across Appalachia. Now, the Republicans are trying to kill it: t.co/lTtAzS5Vq4

House committee advances reckless bill that blocks life-saving silica standardt.co Today, the House Appropriations Committee approved a dangerous appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Among other disastrous provisions, the bill w...

1 in 5 veteran miners in Appalachia are now suffering from black lung and this is how the self-styled “blue collar party” responds

Got extra mad and wrote about the ghoulish millionaires who stabbed miners *in their own districts* in the back by attacking the new silica rule for @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/repu...

Republicans Just Handed Down a Death Sentence to the Nation's Coal Minersinthesetimes.com As black lung continues to kill coal miners, House Republicans moved to block enforcement of a life-saving safety rule.

so not only do they want to go back to fossil fuel pollution, they'd just as soon make it more lethal to extract it too.

Coal miners, historically People You Want To Be In A Labor Dispute Against

Silicosis also affects young men in California in the quartz countertop industry. Anywhere drills and sanders are used on silica-containing stone or materials without water to reduce dust (like your dentist’s drill). www.npr.org/sections/hea...

Young men making quartz countertops are facing lung damage. One state is taking actionwww.npr.org Countertops made of the engineered stone "quartz" are incredibly popular, but public health experts say cutting this material unsafely can expose workers to deadly dust.

The history of Republicans trying to kill coal miners is long. Somehow they still convince a number of coal miners that they are friends.

Republicans have been trying to kill me my whole life. When i want to breathe they vote against clean air. When i want to drink they vote against clean water. Same with food, climate, benefits, rights, etc. Why do we let these people stay in the country?

Now that SCOTUS overruled Chevron, some unqualified 36 year old Trump judge will strike it down based on something he read in YouTube comments.

They should kill it with solar panels.

One of the many things Republicans will try to kill with Project 2025.

@commondefense.bsky.social is trying to in Charleston! www.wvgazettemail.com/news/kanawha...

'A beacon of hope': Veterans group launches solar project on Charleston's West Sidewww.wvgazettemail.com Common Defense, a progressive veteran's grassroots group is partnering with A More Excellent Way Life Center Church to start a solar powered microgrid in the Westside community of Charleston, West Vir...

And then there's Project 2025. Say goodbye bye to the ACA, SS, Medicare, Labor Department altogether...

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