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January 21, 2026
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Congressional Review Act resolution (H.J.Res. 140) to overturn mining protections for Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters and Superior National Forest.
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January 15, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Building Resilient House Task Force, led by Co-Chairs Reps. Dave Min (CA-47) and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02), announced the endorsement of five bills that help deliver more affordable, climate-resilient homes for the American people.
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January 14, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Today, members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) — Reps. Sean Casten (IL-06), Mike Levin (CA-49), Rob Menendez (NJ-08), and Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) — spoke at a press conference to take stock of the one year anniversary of Trump’s broken promise to slash energy bills in half for the American people. By attacking cheap, clean, American-made energy and prioritizing polluters over people, the Trump Administration with their Republican majority in Congress have only made America more expensive and less safe.
SEEC IN THE NEWS
Dec 17, 2025
Democrats are continuing to seize on the issue. [SEEC Vice Chair] Democratic Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois is a main co-sponsor of the Cheap Energy Act, which would restore clean energy tax credits, put guardrails around data center development to ensure companies are paying for the electricity they use, and provide energy assistance to millions of households who face electricity and gas shutoffs as their bills mount. Casten said he wanted to put forward a proactive plan for how Democrats would seek to lower bills, to give candidates something to run on.
Dec 04, 2025
The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition endorsed its first slate of bills for the 119th Congress, backing a half-dozen measures that focus on workers' rights and protections. The six bills announced Wednesday include proposals to protect federal employees. The legislation picked by the caucus would also create protections for workers facing climate impacts, such as rising temperatures. The first round of endorsements was put forth by SEEC’s Climate Jobs Task Force, and the caucus plans to endorse further bills in the coming weeks.
Nov 25, 2025
A big bipartisan permitting reform deal may be in the offing in Washington. But getting it done will require taking away one of Donald Trump’s favorite toys: The power to mess with solar and wind permits. “Any deal hinges on the Trump administration providing assurances they’re not going to kill every single clean energy project in existence,” [SEEC Vice Chair] Representative Mike Levin told me on Tuesday.
Nov 18, 2025
The proposed rule will be published in the Federal Register and open for public comment for 45 days. EPA and the Army will host two public meetings, both in-person and online. The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, said, “Trump’s Polluted Water Rule will leave us with weaker clean water protections than we’ve had since the 1980s, allowing polluters free rein over our nation’s waters.”
Nov 18, 2025
The new policy statement from members of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) sets in-depth priorities for clean energy policies, and shows the coalition moving forward with a shadow climate agenda even as Democrats are the minority party in Congress. Democratic Reps. Kevin Mullin of California and Andrea Salinas of Oregon, who serve as co-chairs of the SEEC's Innovation and Technology Task Force, detailed plans to improve federal investment in clean energy technology.
SEEC IN THE NEWS
Dec 17, 2025
Democrats are continuing to seize on the issue. [SEEC Vice Chair] Democratic Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois is a main co-sponsor of the Cheap Energy Act, which would restore clean energy tax credits, put guardrails around data center development to ensure companies are paying for the electricity they use, and provide energy assistance to millions of households who face electricity and gas shutoffs as their bills mount. Casten said he wanted to put forward a proactive plan for how Democrats would seek to lower bills, to give candidates something to run on.
Dec 04, 2025
The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition endorsed its first slate of bills for the 119th Congress, backing a half-dozen measures that focus on workers' rights and protections. The six bills announced Wednesday include proposals to protect federal employees. The legislation picked by the caucus would also create protections for workers facing climate impacts, such as rising temperatures. The first round of endorsements was put forth by SEEC’s Climate Jobs Task Force, and the caucus plans to endorse further bills in the coming weeks.
Nov 25, 2025
A big bipartisan permitting reform deal may be in the offing in Washington. But getting it done will require taking away one of Donald Trump’s favorite toys: The power to mess with solar and wind permits. “Any deal hinges on the Trump administration providing assurances they’re not going to kill every single clean energy project in existence,” [SEEC Vice Chair] Representative Mike Levin told me on Tuesday.
Nov 18, 2025
The proposed rule will be published in the Federal Register and open for public comment for 45 days. EPA and the Army will host two public meetings, both in-person and online. The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, said, “Trump’s Polluted Water Rule will leave us with weaker clean water protections than we’ve had since the 1980s, allowing polluters free rein over our nation’s waters.”
Nov 18, 2025
The new policy statement from members of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) sets in-depth priorities for clean energy policies, and shows the coalition moving forward with a shadow climate agenda even as Democrats are the minority party in Congress. Democratic Reps. Kevin Mullin of California and Andrea Salinas of Oregon, who serve as co-chairs of the SEEC's Innovation and Technology Task Force, detailed plans to improve federal investment in clean energy technology.