Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Building Resilient Housing Task Force, led by Rep. Dave Min (CA-47) and Rep. Johnny Olszewski (MD-02), hosted a roundtable with experts working at the nexus of housing affordability and the climate crisis. The roundtable highlighted key issues and opportunities to address how climate change and extreme weather events are raising home energy and insurance costs, alongside the solutions that can address the dual crises of housing affordability and climate change that are being felt across the nation.

Washington, D.C. – The Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Building Resilient Housing Task Force Reps. Dave Min (CA), and Johnny Olszewski (MD) sent a letter to the leaders of the House Committee on Ways and Means to urge them to extend the 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction and 45L New Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit beyond the One Big Beautiful Bill Act mandated June 30th, 2026 expiration date.

Washington, D.C. –  Last week, Reps. Kevin Mullin (CA-15) and Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Co-Chairs of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) Innovation and Technology Task Force, met with leaders of the federally-funded Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, engaged with stakeholders by hosting a Clean Energy Tech roundtable, and visited a battery manufacturing facility.

Washington, D.C. – Today, members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) and House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Rep. Zoe Lofgren welcomed scientists who are fighting to protect U.S. climate and weather research from devastating federal funding cuts. As a part of the 12-day, 250-mile march from New York to Washington, D.C., the climate and weather scientists met with universities, research institutions, and community centers along the way to highlight how funding cuts, disinformation, mass firings, and grant terminations have impacted the health and well-being of our families and U.S. scientific leadership on the international stage.

Washington, D.C. – The Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Building Resilient Housing Task Force Reps. Dave Min (CA-47) and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) released the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) recently released guidance on the home energy rebate programs created under Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act.

Washington, D.C. – The Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Lands, Waters, and Nature Task Force Reps. Doris Matsui (CA), Don Beyer (VA), and Maxine Dexter (OR) released a statement following the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decision to formally strike down the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Conservation and Landscape Health Rule or “Public Lands Rule”.

Washington, D.C. – Today, 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, endorsed 21 SEEC member-led bills to champion clean energy, a healthy environment, and thriving American communities.

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 Republican-led Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567) that undermines American agriculture, affordability, and public health.