Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the House of Representatives Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) announced its support for the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, legislation aimed at creating jobs and increasing residential energy efficiency through home retrofits.
As we await introduction in the Senate of comprehensive energy and climate legislation consistent with the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed by the House ten months ago, it is time to focus on other critical steps that Congress can take to harness American innovation to create millions of jobs as part of our new clean energy economy.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Late last week the members of the House of Representatives Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) called for passage of comprehensive energy and climate legislation containing reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in order to spur private investment in domestic clean energy technologies and industries, and a new American energy economy.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today the members of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) joined with colleagues in the House of Representatives to send a letter to House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt and Ranking Member Paul Ryan urging funding for important environmental, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives as part of the Fiscal Year 2011 federal budget.
(Washington, D.C.) -- Tomorrow the United States Senate is expected to take up legislation to raise the United States debt limit. As part of the agreement to bring this issue to a vote, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has promised to propose an amendment that would strip the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its authority to regulate the emissions of power plants and utilities. Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Co-chairs Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) released the following statement on the proposed amendment:
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2847, the Jobs for Main Street Act, containing many priorities of the Congressional Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC). SEEC leaders said that their group will continue to advance proposals aimed at a meaningful American economic recovery.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Late last week members of the Congressional Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)- a caucus of ‘green’ House Democrats- sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer urging them to undertake job creation policies through investments in energy efficiency, clean energy, and public resources projects.
WASHINGTON, DC -- In a speech to the Brookings Institution this morning, President Barack Obama called for increased investment and incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy and funding for infrastructure projects to get Americans working again, a move applauded by leaders of the Congressional Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC).
SEEC leaders praised these areas of the President’s outline for domestic job creation and indicated a desire to work with the White House to further develop proposals to stimulate job growth.
WASHINGTON -- Today the members of the Congressional Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) commended the passage of legislation to help set the U.S. on a road to global leadership in the production of solar energy technology.
WASHINGTON-- The Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), a coalition of 49 members of Congress supportive of increased U.S. clean-energy development, today lauded House passage of key legislation that would make investments in the research and development of energy technologies envisioned by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu as integral in moving the U.S. toward a new clean and independent-energy economy.