Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, The House Sustainable Energy and the Environment Coalition announced the election of Reps. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) to the positions of Co-Chair, and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) to the position of Vice Chair.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) called on House Leadership to stop consideration of H.R. 7, the “worst transportation bill ever.” The bill would kill jobs, undermine safety, eliminate important funding for public transit and other transportation options, and destroy environmental protections. The House GOP bill is the first transportation bill in recent history to have been developed without bipartisan support, and now faces a delay on the House floor due to an apparent lack of Republican support.

On Friday, February 10 sixteen environmental organizations sent a letter to House Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) members thanking them for their leadership protecting safeguards for clean air, water, and the environment, and promoting federal policies supporting an American clean energy future.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today 90 members of the U.S. House of Representatives called for an extension of the successful 1603 Treasury Grant Program supporting renewable energy projects, urging in a letter to House leaders that such an extension will continue a proven track record of job creation and promote further growth in domestic clean energy industries.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today the House of Representatives Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) sent a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging the panel to support domestic clean energy innovation and production as a way to create jobs and grow the American economy.

SEEC, AEIC business leaders meet to discuss importance of federal leadership in clean tech innovation

WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) blasted this week’s House Republican agenda, which does not yet call for consideration of a bipartisan solution to prevent a default crisis, or to create American jobs, but instead will see the House GOP try to use a federal spending bill to overturn important pollution controls and public health protections.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today the House of Representatives Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) helped to defeat the GOP-sponsored Better Use of Light Bulbs (BULB) Act (H.R. 2417), which would have repealed bipartisan federal light bulb energy efficiency standards that will go into effect in January 2012. These standards are anticipated to save American households $100 per year, and to save the nation $12 billion annually in energy costs.