Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Vice Chairs Reps. Sean Casten (IL-06) and Mike Levin (CA-49), as well as Members Reps. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), and George Whitesides (CA-27), participated in a press conference to highlight the more than 800 policy ideas in the newly released Thriving Economy Project report that will address the unique set of challenges facing American families and businesses today and help usher in a cleaner, safer, and thriving American economy.

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 Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule to roll back life-saving air pollution limits for fossil fuel-fired power plants.

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Lands, Waters, and Nature Task Force, led by Co-Chairs Reps. Don Beyer (VA-08), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Doris Matsui (CA-07), released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposal to formally rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which has guided the responsible management of pristine national forestland for the last 25 years.

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), along with 37 of their colleagues, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright opposing a recently proposed rule that will make it substantially harder to adopt new efficiency standards that drive energy- and cost-savings for American families and businesses.

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 after the publication of the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) report titled “Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and their Impacts” that highlights the scientific evidence behind the linkages between extreme weather events and human-caused climate change.

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 ahead of the one-year anniversary of President Donald J. Trump’s Big Ugly Bill (H.R. 1).

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.