The federal government shutdown is blocking mine veterans and their allies from making progress in their fight for protections against black lung disease surging in West Virginia and central Appalachia that have been denied under the Trump administration.

Federal agency attorneys on Oct. 1, the first day of the shutdown, told courts in two key cases in which miners and their advocates are fighting for black lung protection they are prohibited from working due to a lapse in appropriations under the shutdown, resulting in procedural case delays. Energy and Environment

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