Advocates call on Congress to make sure coal companies don’t skip out on black lung responsibilities

Advocates Call on Congress to Make Sure Coal Companies Don’t Skip Out on Black Lung Responsibilities - Appalachian Citizens' Law Center

U.S. House’s Education and Workforce Committee Leadership Wants to Re-Open Loophole that Allows Industry to Ignore Black Lung Liabilities COAL COUNTRY — Yesterday, the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Education, Tim Walberg, sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging the Trump administration to throw out a recently finalized safeguard that addresses a long-abused loophole that allows coal companies to walk away from th…

Advocates call on Congress to make sure coal companies don’t skip out on black lung responsibilities

“Congress needs to get serious about preventing black lung disease, improving benefits for miners with the disease, and ensuring the solvency of the trust fund instead of bending over backwards for the companies that have caused the black lung epidemic," said Rebecca Shelton, Director of Policy at Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center. The post Advocates call on Congress to make sure coal companies don’t skip out on black lung responsibilities appear…