Coal Industry Fights Labor Department's Black Lung Regulations | New Republic

Big Coal Fights Regulations Despite Worker Pleas
This picture taken on August 14, 2013 shows smoke rising from a chimney at a coal chemical factory in Huaibei, east China's Anhui province. China has soared almost to the top of the world's economic league tables, but whether the official data underpinning its status can be trusted is a constant headache, analysts say. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
This picture taken on August 14, 2013 shows smoke rising from a chimney at a coal chemical factory in Huaibei, east China's Anhui province. China has soared almost to the top of the world's economic league tables, but whether the official data underpinning its status can be trusted is a constant headache, analysts say. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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