Protecting Miners Photo Essay
Protecting Miners Photo Essay
Judy Riffe, president of the Wyoming County Black Lung Association, left, and Gary Hairston, president of the Fayette County Black Lung Association and the National Black Lung Association, second from right, load into a van departing for Washington, D.C., to protest the government's delay of the silica rule passed last year to limit exposure to deadly silica in coal mines, on Oct. 13, 2025, in Mount Hope, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Lisa Emery, director of the New River Health Association Black Lung Clinic, left, hugs Delisa Legg, a black Lung benefits counselor at Rainelle Medical Center, during a Fayette County Black Lung Association meeting, Sept. 16, 2025, in Oak Hill, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Roosevelt Neal, with the Fayette County Black Lung Association in W.Va., rolls up a banner of a coal miner who died of black lung disease, during a protest outside the U.S. Department of Labor, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Gary Hairston, president of the Fayette County Black Lung Association and the National Black Lung Association, wipes tears from his eyes during a protest outside the U.S. Department of Labor, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Arvin Hanshaw, of Summersville, W.Va., wears a hat with a miner silhouetted by the state of West Virginia, as he joins a group going to Washington, D.C., to protest the government's delay of the silica rule passed last year to limit exposure to deadly silica in coal mines, on Oct. 13, 2025, in Mount Hope, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Gary Hairston, president of the Fayette County Black Lung Association and the National Black Lung Association, talks in his home, Sept. 24, 2025, in Beckley, W.Va. Hairston is a former coal miner and has black lung disease. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A truck drives over the New River Gorge Bridge at sunset, Sept. 16, 2025, in Victor, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A banner with an image of President Donald Trump hangs outside the U.S. Department of Labor, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A man holds an image of Michael Steve Day Sr., a West Virginia coal miner who died of black lung disease in 2014, during a protest outside the U.S. Department of Labor, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Mark F. Powell, a fourth-generation coal miner in southern West Virginia, is seen at his attorney's office, Sept. 18, 2025, in Oak Hill, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Crosses and grave markers are seen at the Hawks Nest Workers Memorial and Grave Site, Sept. 24, 2025, in Mount Lookout, W.Va. Silica created one of the worst occupational disasters in U.S. history when more than 750 miners — most of them Black — died from breathing the toxic dust while drilling the Hawks Nest tunnel in the early 1930s to divert water to power a metal plant. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Mammoth Coal Processing Plant sits along the Kanawha River, Sept. 17, 2025, in London, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Randy Lawrence, president of the Kanawha County Black Lung Association, stands outside his home wearing supplemental oxygen for black lung disease near Cabin Creek, W.Va., Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Roger James, a former coal miner and black lung patient, uses supplemental oxygen to breathe during a visit to the New River Health Association Black Lung Clinic, Sept. 24, 2025, in Oak Hill, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Lisa Emery, director of the New River Health Association Black Lung Clinic, right, works with a patient with black lung disease, Sept. 23, 2025, in Oak Hill, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Roger James, a former coal miner and black lung patient, left, looks at Lisa Emery, director of the New River Health Association Black Lung Clinic, at the clinic on Sept. 24, 2025, in Oak Hill, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A train car carrying coal moves through Oak Hill, W.Va, at sunset on Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Arvin Hanshaw, of Summersville, W.Va., left, and Randy Lawrence, president of the Kanawha County Black Lung Association, right, put their hats back on after praying during a rally protesting the government's failure to limit exposure to deadly silica in mines, outside the U.S. Department of Labor, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Lisa Emery, director of the New River Health Association Black Lung Clinic, examines a chest X-ray showing progressive massive fibrosis, the most complicated form of black lung, at the center on Sept. 23, 2025, in Oak Hill, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Former coal miner and black lung disease patient Roger James pauses to catch his breath after walking across the parking lot at the Maynor Freewill Baptist Church, Sept. 24, 2025, in Beckley, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Coal miner Ethan Carper sits in his truck outside a convenience store after work, Sept. 17, 2025, in Oak Hill, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Judy Riffe, president of the Wyoming County Black Lung Association, left, and Gary Hairston, president of the Fayette County Black Lung Association and the National Black Lung Association, second from right, load into a van departing for Washington, D.C., to protest the government's delay of the silica rule passed last year to limit exposure to deadly silica in coal mines, on Oct. 13, 2025, in Mount Hope, W.Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)