SEEC Statement on Earth Day 2025
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 on Earth Day 2025.
“On this Earth Day, we reflect on our responsibility as public servants to be good stewards of the one planet we all share. The centrality of this responsibility has come into sharp focus as we have witnessed the myriad of ways in which the Trump Administration has worked to dismantle environmental protections for the American people, claw back life-saving clean economy investments from our communities, and hand off a planet to our children that is less safe and less healthy than we found it.
“As we approach President Trump’s first 100 days back in office, the President and his cronies are rapidly hollowing out our federal agencies, making it all but impossible for the federal government to carry out its congressionally mandated duties to protect the American people from harm and help American families live healthier and more prosperous lives. The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back standards for toxins in our water supply and cancer-causing hazardous pollutants in our air at the behest of the very same polluters the agency is tasked with regulating. Amid a Trump-induced tariff war, the Department of Agriculture is threatening our food supply by stripping federal investments that improve agricultural resiliency for our hardworking farmers. The Department of Energy is boosting expensive, dirty fossil fuels to pad the profits of oil companies while actively trying to kill consumers’ choices for cheaper, cleaner technologies. Meanwhile, the Department of Defense is turning a blind eye to the impacts of extreme weather and natural disasters on American national security, while millions of Americans experience the deadly impacts of wildfires, floods, and storms. And despite every economic indicator flashing red, Republicans in Congress are working hard to deliver shameless giveaways to the large multinational corporations and the wealthiest Americans at the expense of everyday Americans. This isn’t American leadership – it’s sabotage.
“SEEC will continue to champion a cleaner, healthier, and more affordable future for the American people. We are at the beginning of a planet-wide clean energy renaissance, and America is at a crossroads. Will we lead the world in the cheaper, cleaner technology of the future or will we stagnate and cling onto the dirtier, more expensive technology of the past? The choice is obvious to us.”