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September 26, 2025
Washington, D.C. – This week, members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Paul Tonko (NY-20) and Doris Matsui (CA-07) and Vice Chairs Reps. Sean Casten (IL-06), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), as well as Members Reps. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Dave Min (CA-47), and Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), participated in numerous New York Climate Week 2025 events to demonstrate continued leadership on climate action at the federal level. SEEC members discussed an array of topics at Climate Week from highlighting the fight to create good-paying climate jobs, as well as building resilient and affordable housing in America, to unveiling federal legislation that will ensure Americans have access to cheap, reliable, and clean energy.
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September 25, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Climate and Agriculture Task Force Co-Chairs, Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Kim Schrier (WA-08), along with Task Force Members Reps. Julia Brownley (CA-26), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Jim McGovern (MA-02), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), sent a letter to the House Agriculture Committee urging them to continue to support America’s farmers in their climate-resilient conservation efforts through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) critical climate-smart agriculture programs in the upcoming Farm Bill negotiations.
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September 24, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Clean Energy Deployment Task Force Co-Chairs U.S. Congressmen Sean Casten (IL-06) and Mike Levin (CA-49) unveiled the Cheap Energy Agenda, a consumer-focused approach to United States energy policy that ensures Americans have access to cheap, reliable, and clean energy.

SEEC IN THE NEWS

May 14, 2025

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent hours Tuesday evening torching Republicans’ efforts to use their sweeping party-line bill to roll back billions of dollars for clean energy and environment programs while boosting fossil fuels.

The markup of the committee’s portion of the GOP megabill — which was still going Wednesday morning — saw Democrats push a barrage of amendments aimed at provisions that would repeal funding for climate initiatives and allow natural gas producers to pay to expedite project approvals.


Apr 16, 2025

EPA on Wednesday asked an appellate court to block a judge’s injunction that halted its termination of almost $17 billion in climate grants.


Apr 11, 2025

The brawl over the fate of certain clean energy tax credits is set to escalate as congressional Republicans draw new lines in the sand and the White House steps up its pressure on GOP leaders to gut the credits for savings.


Apr 10, 2025

180 Democrats, including Senate and House Minority Leaders Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday blasting t


Apr 09, 2025

More than two-thirds of all congressional Democrats signed onto a letter Wednesday slamming EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for his efforts to roll back environmental regulations, cancel renewable energy grants and purge hundreds of agency employees.


SEEC IN THE NEWS

May 14, 2025

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent hours Tuesday evening torching Republicans’ efforts to use their sweeping party-line bill to roll back billions of dollars for clean energy and environment programs while boosting fossil fuels.


Apr 16, 2025

EPA on Wednesday asked an appellate court to block a judge’s injunction that halted its termination of almost $17 billion in climate grants.


Apr 11, 2025

The brawl over the fate of certain clean energy tax credits is set to escalate as congressional Republicans draw new lines in the sand and the White House steps up its pressure on GOP leaders to gut the credits for savings.


Apr 10, 2025

180 Democrats, including Senate and House Minority Leaders Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)


Apr 09, 2025

More than two-thirds of all congressional Democrats signed onto a letter Wednesday slamming EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for his efforts to roll back environmental regulations, cancel renewable energy grants and purge hundreds of agency employees.