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Trump signs executive orders to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source

Provo Daily Herald 09 Apr 2025
Ryan Dorgan, Casper Star-Tribune via APRail cars are filled with coal and sprayed with a topper agent to suppress dust north of Douglas, Wyo., Jan ... Trump has long championed coal ... “I call it beautiful, clean coal ... The national decline of coal.
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Trump Coal

Decatur Daily 09 Apr 2025
FILE - Rail cars are filled with coal and sprayed with a topper agent to suppress dust north of Douglas, Wyo,, Jan. 9, 2014. [RYAN DORGAN/CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE VIA AP, FILE] ... .
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Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety

Journal Gazette 09 Apr 2025
— Retired coal miner StanleyGooseStewart questions whether it's safe for anyone to work in the industry right now ... Investigations determined that worn and broken cutting equipment created a spark that ignited coal dust and methane gas.
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Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab

Journal Gazette 08 Apr 2025
Its research and recommendations served as the foundation for Department of Labor rules for worker protection, including one issued last year for coal miners that cuts by half the permissible exposures to poisonous silica dust.
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Mining Lubricants Market 2025 Top Business Strategy, Growth Factors, Healthy CAGR with Segments & Forecast ...

GetNews 07 Apr 2025
The harsh operating conditions, including high temperatures, dust, and heavy loads, further necessitate the use of advanced lubricants, making coal mining a key driver of growth in the mining lubricants market.
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Area Rep pushes back after hundreds of job cuts at Cincinnati-based federal workplace safety agency

Springfield News-Sun 07 Apr 2025
Its research and recommendations have served as the foundation for Department of Labor rules for worker protection, including one issued last year for coal miners that cuts by half the permissible exposures to poisonous silica dust.
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‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts

CNN 06 Apr 2025
... against coal dust; the Department of Energy requires them for protection against toxic chemicals; and construction workers rely on them to protect against silica dust created in construction projects.
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Government layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab

New York Post 06 Apr 2025
Its research and recommendations have served as the foundation for Department of Labor rules for worker protection, including one issued last year for coal miners that cuts by half the permissible exposures to poisonous silica dust.
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Today in History: April 5, FDR establishes Civilian Conservation Corps

Lima Ohio 05 Apr 2025
TODAY IN HISTORY ... In 1764, the British Parliament passed the American Revenue Act of 1764, also known as the Sugar Act ... In 1991, former Sen ... In 2010, a coal dust explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Charleston, West Virginia, killed 29 workers ... .
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Today in History: Pocahontas marries John Rolfe

Chicago Tribune 05 Apr 2025
Today is Saturday, April 5, the 95th day of 2025. There are 270 days left in the year. Today in history. ... Also on this date. ... Related Articles ... In 2010, a coal dust explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Charleston, West Virginia, killed 29 workers ... .
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A quiet couple connects in the shadows of war and national trauma in ‘Việt and Nam’

The Los Angeles Times 04 Apr 2025
Covered in coal dust and away from the warmth of the sun, the two are often indistinguishable from one another.
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Pollution deregulation leaves no one breathing easier | EDITORIAL

Baltimore Sun 03 Apr 2025
Last year, scientists confirmed the presence of coal dust around homes in Curtis Bay ... Coal dust is associated with a range of lung illnesses including, most famously, black lung and is believed to ...
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NASA uses force field on Moon to sweep away deadly dust

New Atlas 02 Apr 2025
This has been a problem ever since the first lunar landing missions in the 1960s when the Apollo astronauts would return to the Lunar Module looking like coal miners as the dust got everywhere, ...
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Mr Burton review — tender tale of Richard Burton and his teacher

The Times/The Sunday Times 02 Apr 2025
BETA. Today's Quizle. Q. Test your knowledge ... It’s rags to riches, or coal dust to stardust, topped with hugs of gratitude and cut to end credits. That’s the surface story, anyway ... Culture. Film. Related articles ... Roger Lewis ... .
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Dumka residents plan another round of stir against coal dumping yard at Dumka railway station

The Times of India 31 Mar 2025
Sprinkling of water does not suffice to address the emanation of coal dust as the locality is a dry zone,' said a local railway official on anonymity, adding that the matter of shifting of the ...
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