Press Releases

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, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4821).

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, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4394).

Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4365), Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (H.R. 4367), and the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (H.R. 4665), as well as the failure to pass the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4368).

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) hosted a roundtable with private sector companies that manufacture, deploy, and utilize clean energy to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) historic investments in America. Highlighting the urgency of finding innovative solutions to the worsening climate crisis during Climate Week, businesses from key sectors discussed how the IRA spurred historic private investments in the clean energy sector. In just one year, the IRA is already having tangible impacts on our families, local communities, and American leadership in the fight against the climate crisis. 

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, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the passage of the Republican-led “Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act” (H.R. 1435) that will severely limit the United States’ ability to reduce dangerous air pollution from the transportation sector for the health and well-being of American citizens.

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, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act.  

Washington, D.C. – The Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) — Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko — and SEEC Members Reps. Kathy Castor and Mike Levin, along with 95 of their colleagues, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging him to finalize strong limits on carbon pollution from fossil-fuel fired power plants by early next year.

Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) released the following statement in response to the passage of the Republican-led resolutions to rescind endangered species protections for the lesser prairie-chicken (S.J.Res. 9) and the northern long-eared bat (S.J.Res. 24).