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Mar 25, 2024
Democrats and Republicans in Congress pushed polar opposites to the Biden administration for how to manage national forests: curtail logging in mature and old forests or quit trying to rein in the practice.
The competing messages came in letters from lawmakers to the Department of Agriculture, which is moving toward new protections for old-growth areas in the national forest system but leaving largely unanswered what to do with "mature" forests that could age into old growth in the decades ahead.
Jun 12, 2023
Washington, D.C. – The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Nature and Oceans Task Force Co-Chairs, Rep. Doris Matsui and Rep. Joe Neguse, with Task Force Member Rep. Jared Huffman led a letter to the White House to ensure that the first-ever National Nature Assessment incorporates the status and challenges of biodiversity loss within the United States.
Jun 8, 2023
Washington, D.C. – The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Nature and Oceans Task Force Co-Chair Rep. Doris Matsui and Task Force Member Rep. Suzanne Bonamici released the following statements in celebration of World Oceans Day 2023.
May 22, 2023
Washington, D.C. – The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Nature and Oceans Task Force Co-Chairs, Rep. Doris Matsui and Rep. Joe Neguse, released the following statement in honor of International Day for Biological Diversity 2023. To reaffirm our nation’s commitment to conserving and restoring the planet’s biodiversity, the SEEC Nature and Oceans Task Force calls on President Biden to develop a coordinated interagency National Biodiversity Strategy, consistent with the National Biodiversity Strategy Resolution led by Rep. Joe Neguse and Rep. Jared Huffman
Apr 21, 2023
Washington, D.C. – The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Nature and Oceans Task Force Co-Chairs, Rep. Doris Matsui and Rep. Joe Neguse, released the following statement in celebration of Earth Day 2023. In commemorating the progress made so far in environmental protection, the Task Force Co-Chairs, alongside SEEC Members Rep. Steve Cohen and Rep. Jennifer McClellan, led an Earth Day Resolution with 57 of their colleagues.







