On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hamby discusses his new book Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia.

Hamby details the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia and exposes how mining companies have hired doctors and lawyers to help them deny much needed benefits to miners. Between 1995 and 2004, the disease killed 10,000 miners.

Guest:

Chris Hamby, Pulitzer winning investigative reporter at The New York Times and author of Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia

Web Resources:

The New York Times: America Has Mistreated Its Coal Miners. Here’s Their Fight for Justice.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting: How W.Va. Miners With Black Lung Disease Are Navigating The Pandemic

The Washington Post: This coal company with ties to the Trump administration just got a $10 million small-business loan

The Guardian: ‘It’s really tragic’: why are coalminers still dying from black lung disease?