RECLAIM introduced

Two DC lobbying trips – 10 Alliance members in Spring and 40 in Summer to advocate for the RECLAIM Act, several meetings with agencies on water quality standards and just transition for our region
As part of the 2016 budget, the Obama White House created the POWER Plus plan a $10 billion initiative to assist communities struggling with the decline of the coal industry in growing and diversifying their economies.
The RECLAIM Act was first introduced in Congress, in February 2016 by a bipartisan group of legislators. The RECLAIM Act would provide an immediate economic boost through the release of $1 billion to reclaim abandoned coal mines.
Got on the democratic platform, calling to end MTR
TN got regional support to pass the lands unsuitable for mining
Relaunch the Regional Land Study
Added 2 member groups – Blackwater Riverkeeper, Center for Coalfield Justice