- 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