As I reported for In These Times last year, toxic silica dust is fueling a black lung crisis among young coal miners in Appalachia. This long-awaited new rule cuts the legal silica exposure limit *in half* and will save so many lives inthesetimes.com/article/coal-m…

This is super emotional for me. The final rule isn’t as quite as strong as it needs to be but is such a needed first step. There is no good reason on god’s green earth for these young men to keep drowning in their own lungs to line a coal baron’s pockets inthesetimes.com/article/coal-m…