Press Releases
Nov 21, 2022
Washington D.C. – On Friday, the leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), which includes Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, and an additional 31 House members, along with Sens. Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey, Cory Booker, Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris Murphy, Bernie Sanders, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, Tina Smith, Michael Bennet, Ben Cardin, Brian Schatz, Tom Carper, and Chris Van Hollen sent joint letters to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging that robust international climate funding is preserved in the final Fiscal Year 2023 funding package.
Nov 21, 2022
Washington D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), under the leadership of Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released a policy brief for consideration in the ongoing permitting reform discussions that details a positive vision for what permitting reform should look like to enable the clean energy future.
Nov 17, 2022
Washington D.C. – Today, the Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)'s Climate and Agriculture Task Force, Rep. Chellie Pingree and Rep. Kim Schrier, released a report on policy recommendations for next year's reauthorization of the Farm Bill to ensure it is as climate-friendly as possible.
Sep 29, 2022
Washington D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released the following statement following the Senate's decision to remove permitting language from the Continuing Resolution.
Aug 12, 2022
Washington D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released the following statement after Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act.
Jul 22, 2022
Washington D.C. – The co-chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)'s Power Sector Task Force, Reps. Sean Casten and Raja Krishnamoorthi, released the following statement after the House passed this week H.R. 8294, a package of appropriations bills for fiscal year 2023 that included a wide array of provisions championed by the Task Force to aid our country's transition to a clean energy economy.
Jul 15, 2022
Washington D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released the following statement in response to Senator Manchin's obstruction of climate investments in a reconciliation package.
Jul 14, 2022
Washington D.C. – Today, the co-chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)'s Climate and National Security Task Force, Rep. Jim Langevin and Rep. Katie Porter, released the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included important climate provisions championed by the Task Force.
Jun 30, 2022
Washington D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion in West Virginia v. EPA.
Jun 16, 2022
Washington D.C. – The Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko, along with the Chair of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), Rep. Suzan DelBene and the Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), Rep. Pramila Jayapal, sent a letter to President Biden urging him to do everything in his power to reach a deal and sign into law as swiftly as possible a revised reconciliation package that includes the climate investments passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. These investments will be critical to tackling change, lowering energy costs for Americans during a time of rising prices, and ensuring true U.S. energy independence by transitioning to a clean energy economy.