Climate Jobs

The task force will focus on advocating for pro-worker policies with a focus on energy security by uniting labor and industry groups to ensure an economically beneficial energy transition. Topics will include workforce development through registered apprenticeships and tax incentives, improving job quality and density within domestic energy production, and building on American energy dominance through a strong clean energy workforce. The task force will also prioritize domestic manufacturing policies that ensure the clean energy supply chain is robust and resilient, supporting American jobs and energy security.

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Oct 3, 2024
SEEC Climate Jobs Task Force Supports Treasury Department Proposal to Expand Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Climate Jobs Task Force Co-Chairs – Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Nikki Budzinski, and Mark DeSaulnier – and Task Force Member Rep. Seth Magaziner, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in support of the Department of Treasury’s proposed rule to expand the Inflation Reduction Act’s Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit (LICBC) Program to include additional clean energy technologies for calendar years 2025 and onward.
Feb 6, 2024
SEEC Climate Jobs Task Force Leaders Release Actionable Recommendations for the 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Climate Jobs Task Force Member Rep. Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Co-Chairs Reps. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) led members of the Task Force in calling on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board to develop a report including robust recommendations to strengthen and diversify the clean-energy workforce.
Feb 06, 2024
Lawmakers push Department on Energy on effort to strengthen clean-energy workforce

By Rebecca Barnabi

Augusta Free Press

Four members of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Climate Jobs Task Force are leading members in calling on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board.

Dec 14, 2023
A Father and Son Testify Before Congress to the Power of Investment in Union Jobs
CWA

Two generations of IUE-CWA members testified before Congress last week about the power of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) investment in clean jobs to onshore wind energy manufacturing and create the kind of good jobs that a parent can be proud to keep in the family.

Eric Romero Sr. and his son, Eric Romero Jr., members of IUE-CWA Local 81301, traveled from Schenectady, N.Y., to Washington, D.C., to testify before the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition in a roundtable discussion to highlight IRA investments in clean jobs across the country.

Dec 6, 2023
SEEC Celebrates Climate Workers Advancing America’s Clean Energy Future
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) — through the leadership of the SEEC Climate Jobs Task Force — hosted a public roundtable with climate workers who are at the center of America’s clean energy future. The climate crisis is a monumental challenge that will affect generations of Americans to come. Building a clean energy workforce with good-paying union jobs that can withstand the tests of our rapidly changing world is essential to meeting this critical moment. With the help of the transformational investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, we are training new generations of clean energy workers, building an equitable economy, and leading the world in the fight against the climate crisis.
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