Alliance members Roger and Tina Carver from Nucla, CO traveled to Washington D.C. in June to lobby in support the RECLAIM Act and the extension of the Black Lung Excise Tax. Thanks to their efforts, Rep. Diana DeGette became the first Colorado co-sponsor of the RECLAIM Act, which would invest $45 million in our rural communities to clean-up abandoned coal mines and put miners back to work.

UPDATE: Ed Perlmutter has also now signed on as a sponsor of the RECLAIM Act. This is excellent news for Colorado and its communities hit hard by the transition away from coal.