Coal

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• SOURCE: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
  9/30/2020
  

  Bob Murray, Who Fought Against Black Lung Regulations As A Coal Operator, Has Filed For Black Lung Benefits

  The coal magnate, who for decades ran the largest privately owned underground coal mining company in the United States, has also been at the forefront of combatting federal regulations that attempt to reduce black lung, an incurable and ultimately fatal lung disease caused by exposure to coal and rock dust.

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  5/18/2020
  

  ‘Matewan Massacre’ A Century Ago Embodied Miners’ Struggles

  Historian Lou Martin, a board member of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, recounts the oppressive atmosphere in mining towns that led to a violently repressed unionization drive.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  2-5-15
  

  West Virginia Coal Mine Owners Have Blood on Their Hands

  by James Green

  The bloody history of mine workers in West Virginia is truly as dark as any dungeon, but the recent indictment of a mine owner suggests that maybe the tide has turned.