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Michael D. Sallah
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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and investigations editor @PPGazette. Formerly of @washingtonpost and @miamiherald. Dad. On the Streets. The underdog matters.
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"It's a death sentence for these men." Missed inspections, enforcement failures imperil the lives of coal miners post-gazette.com/news/health/... by @michaeldsallah.bsky.social, @cloutierjr.bsky.social, the Medill Investigative Lab and me
Deadly dust: Missed inspections, enforcement failures imperil the lives of coal miners
Deep in the earth's crust, the toxic substance rises in the air as miners drill into massive layers of rock. As they work the controls of the big machines,...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Michael Sallah on X: "TOXINS RUN WILD: While the White House pushes the coal industry to boost production, federal regulators are allowing mine owners to expose thousands of workers to lethal levels of coal dust -- far beyond the bounds of safety -- as deadly black lung cases surge across the country." / X
TOXINS RUN WILD: While the White House pushes the coal industry to boost production, federal regulators are allowing mine owners to expose thousands of workers to lethal levels of coal dust -- far beyond the bounds of safety -- as deadly black lung cases surge across the country.
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August 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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TOXINS RUN WILD: While the White House pushes the coal industry to boost production, federal regulators are allowing mine owners to expose thousands of workers to lethal levels of coal dust - far beyond the bounds of safety - as black lung cases surge.
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Deadly dust: Missed inspections, enforcement failures imperil the lives of coal miners
Deep in the earth's crust, the toxic substance rises in the air as miners drill into massive layers of rock. As they work the controls of the big machines,...
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August 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Pittsburgh at a tipping point in high-stakes race for mayor
A budget on the brink. A crisis in affordable housing. A Democratic Party fighting over how to win back voters — and using Pittsburgh as its battleground. As...
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May 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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THE LAST BATTLE: While the White House launches a campaign to boost coal output, miners suffering from black lung spend years fighting for benefits to pay bills - and survive. "I like just getting my money so I have enough to bury me," said miner Jim Phillips.
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Plagued by black lung, coal miners wage long battles for benefits to pay bills — and to stay alive
Strapped to a ventilator and too weak to talk, George Stevenson curled up in his hospital bed two years ago and scribbled a note to his wife that remains...
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May 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Years after creating a landmark law that targeted billions in dirty dollars in the US from bad actors, including drug traffickers and Ponzi schemers -- the most powerful anti-money laundering legislation in decades -- the White House gutted the law in one Tweet
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Feds slash landmark law that targeted billions in dirty dollars
The firm that poured millions of dollars into a massive steel factory in the heart of Appalachia had no office, no phone, no website, nor any employees. To...
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April 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Years after creating a landmark law that targeted billions in dirty dollars in the US from bad actors, including drug traffickers and Ponzi schemers -- the most powerful anti-money laundering legislation in decades -- the White House gutted the law in one Tweet
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Feds slash landmark law that targeted billions in dirty dollars
The firm that poured millions of dollars into a massive steel factory in the heart of Appalachia had no office, no phone, no website, nor any employees. To...
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April 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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DOGE DEEP CUTS. CLOSING DOZENS OF MINE SAFETY OFFICES ACROSS NATION. Without inspectors, said an ex-Kentucky mine prosecutor, "it will be a bloodbath" for coal miners.
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Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM