Press Releases

Nov 14, 2017

SEEC Joins Fellow Climate Advocates in Washington DC to Let the World Know We are #Stillin for Global Climate Action

Washington D.C. – Today, while international negotiations around climate change continued in Bonn, Germany, SEEC Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Gerry Connolly, and Paul Tonko and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, Mike Quigley, Chellie Pingree and Jared Polis released the following statement after SEEC Members gathered with colleagues in the Senate and fellow climate advocates at the Center for American Progress, Hip Hop Caucus, Green Latinos, Moms Clean Air Force, VoteVets, and the League of Conservation Voters to let the world know we are still committed to the Paris Climate Deal.

Oct 24, 2017

SEEC Leaders Request Meeting with Chairman Brady to Discuss Sustainable Tax Reform

Washington D.C. – Today the members of SEEC leadership, led by Vice-Chair Rep. Jared Polis, sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady inviting him to meet and discuss sustainable tax policy solutions as Republicans draft their tax proposal.

Oct 10, 2017

SEEC Members Condemn Repeal of the Clean Power Plan

Washington D.C. – Today SEEC Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Gerry Connolly, and Paul Tonko released the following statement in response to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s announcement that the Trump Administration intends to repeal the Clean Power Plan (CPP).

Sep 19, 2017

SEEC Members Question EPA Preparedness for Extreme Weather under Pruitt’s Leadership

Washington D.C. – Earlier today, SEEC members sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the Agency’s ability under his leadership to protect American communities from the growing threat of extreme weather.

Sep 7, 2017

SEEC Co-Chairs Condemn EPA Cuts that Put Families and Communities at Risk

Washington D.C. – Today SEEC Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Paul Tonko, and Doris Matsui released the following statement in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget cuts in H.R. 3354, the omnibus appropriations bill on the House Floor this week.

Aug 18, 2017

SEEC Members Lead Opposition to Pruitt’s Repeal of Clean Water Protections

Washington D.C. – Today 102 members in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Secretary Pruitt to stop and consider the dangers of repealing the Clean Water Rule.

Jun 27, 2017

SEEC Opposes Administrator Pruitt’s Efforts to Repeal Clean Water Protections

Washington D.C. – Today SEEC Leadership, including Co-Chairs Reps. Paul Tonko, Gerry Connolly, and Doris Matsui and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, Mike Quigley, Chellie Pingree and Jared Polis released the following statement in response to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers will issue a proposal to repeal the Clean Water Rule.

Jun 20, 2017

SEEC Added Four New Members in May

The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) was pleased to welcome Reps Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) to its membership in May. The Caucus was also pleased to welcome back Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), who previously served in SEEC during the 113^th Congress. This brings the total number of coalition members to fifty-three.

Jun 1, 2017

SEEC Co-Chairs Condemn Decision to Withdraw from Paris Deal and Call for Continued Commitment to U.S. Climate Pledge from Leaders and Communities Across the Country

Washington D.C. – Today SEEC Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Paul Tonko, and Doris Matsui released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

May 30, 2017

SEEC Sends Tax Principles to House Ways & Means Committee

Washington D.C. – Today members of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee. The letter, led by SEEC Vice-Chair Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), details green tax reform priorities including financial incentives to reduce harmful carbon pollution, which should be the foundation of any tax reform plan. Early estimates suggest that a $25-per-ton surcharge on carbon would generate $977 billion over 10 years and provide a needed incentive to reduce carbon pollution over time.