appalachia
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Environment & Climate
The Escalating Crisis of Black Lung Disease and the Battle for Miner Benefits in Appalachia
For 38 years, Josh Armes descended into the subterranean darkness of coal mines across West Virginia and Virginia, a grueling…
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Environment & Climate
A Crisis of Breath: The Decade-Long Legal Battle for Black Lung Benefits in Central Appalachia
For thirty-eight years, Josh Armes navigated the subterranean passages of West Virginia and Virginia, extracting the coal that powered the…
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Environment & Climate
The Growing Crisis of Black Lung Disease and the Battle for Miner Benefits in Appalachia
For 38 years, Josh Armes descended into the earth, laboring in the coal mines of West Virginia and Virginia to…
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Environment & Climate
Disaster in the Mountains: How Hurricane Helene and Climate Extremes Threaten the Fragile Recovery of Appalachia’s Opioid Crisis Survivors
As Hurricane Helene tore through the mountains of western North Carolina in late September 2024, the immediate destruction was visible…
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