He will use the law firms who caved into him to help him.
Breaking: the Trump admin has “temporarily” paused enforcement of a Biden-era silica rule that was aimed at combating the rising black lung crisis in Appalachia. Coal miners and their advocates have been fighting for *decades* to lower deadly silica dust exposure levels. http://www.msha.gov/notice-stake…
— Kim Kelly (@kimkelly.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T15:57:54.227Z
I’ve been documenting coal miners’ fight against black lung and attempts to push through these new regulations for the past several years. My @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social investigation into the crisis provides some background: inthesetimes.com/article/coal…
— Kim Kelly (@kimkelly.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T16:02:41.402Z
Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Reviving a Struggling Coal Industry … and you thought tariffs were dumb… http://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/c…
— Jen Rubin (@jenrubin.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T02:07:23.669Z
At his coal promotion event at the White House, Trump just said he will use the major law firms he bullied into providing $150 million+ in free legal services to fight state and local government regulations on coal pollution.
— Scott Waldman (@scottpwaldman.bsky.social) 2025-04-08T20:24:34.543Z
This is Scott – a CDC researcher working to help screen coal miners for black lung. His entire department was eliminated last week, leaving miners across the country at greater risk of sickness and death. I’m fighting back.
— Senator Mark Warner (@markwarner.bsky.social) 2025-04-08T22:35:11.546Z
President Trump signs executive orders to bolster the country’s declining coal industry, relaxing restrictions on coal mining, leasing and exports in what the White House said is an effort to meet the energy needs of artificial intelligence data centers.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2025-04-08T21:30:06Z
I grew up around coal miners. For 16 years I was related to many by marriage, including some suffering from black lung and others whose bodies were either broken or on their way to being broken. None of them wanted that life for their kids and those still in it all wanted out. He's a fucking idiot.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social) 2025-04-08T20:49:37.011Z
Sad! 