Coal’s Human Cost

Coal’s Human Cost

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Release Date

11/10/2026

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Overview

From PBS Frontline; Working veteran underground coal miners are suffering from an incurable lung disease at the highest rates in nearly 50 years. With NPR,publichealthwatch, and Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom (porchlightnews), we've been investigating how industry and government have failed to protect miners in Appalachia from black lung disease.

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Released

Original Language

English

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An unflinching investigation into systemic failure and corporate negligence that has left Appalachian coal miners with an incurable disease. This is urgent advocacy journalism that demands attention.

Mood

BleakAngryMournful

Themes

ClassCorruptionJusticeMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Documentary-like

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Linear

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Graphic violence

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