Greg Robertson

Greg Robertson is a public defender in West Virginia, focusing on criminal defense. He holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Philosophy from James Madison University (2022) and a J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law (2026). His scholarship includes Community Lawyering in Coal Country: Empowering Those Who Power America, 128 W. Va. L. Rev. 829, which examines community lawyering and advocacy around silica exposure regulations and the rights of mining communities.

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Struggling to Breathe in the Appalachian Coal Mines: The “Exorbitant Cost” of Human Rights

Struggling to Breathe in the Appalachian Coal Mines: The “Exorbitant Cost” of Human Rights

Crystalline silica is an abundant mineral, serving as the basis of a 124 billion dollar market in 2024 alone. Coal miners in the United States Appalachian Region face a high risk of exposure to respirable silica because of the ...
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