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Appalachian Voices: Trump-Vance Admin's Proposed Silica Dust Rule Decimates Black Lung Protections for Coal Miners
November 12, 2026
BOONE, North Carolina, Nov. 12 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release:

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