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Dec 13, 2016
SEEC Member Statements on Trump Cabinet Nominations
SEEC Member Statements on President Donald Trump's nominations of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, and former Texas Governor Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy.
Dec 7, 2016
SEEC Co-Chairs Statement on the Nomination of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency
We are extremely concerned by President-Elect Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Sep 27, 2016
Statement on Republican Refusal to Fund Flint Aid
SEEC Members call on Republicans to fund Flint aid in must-pass spending bill.
Sep 27, 2016
Statement on the Clean Power Plan’s Day in Court
SEEC Members continue to support the Clean Power Plan even as polluters and their allies challenge it in court.
Apr 22, 2016
Earth Day 2016
Led SEEC Co-Chairs Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Rep. Doris Matsui (CA-06), & Rep. Paul Tonko (NY-20) SEEC members took numerous actions in recognition of Earth Day.
Mar 15, 2016
SEEC Member Statements on Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program
The Proposed Program evaluates 13 potential lease sales in six planning areas – 10 potential sales in the Gulf of Mexico and three potential sales off the coast of Alaska. The Proposed Program does not schedule any lease sales in Atlantic areas.
Mar 11, 2016
Statement on U.S.-Canada Joint Climate, Energy, Arctic Announcement and EPA Plans to Limit Methane Emissions from Existing Sources
SEEC Members released the following statement on the U.S.-Canadian joint climate, energy, and Arctic leadership announcement.
Mar 1, 2016
Tonko bill would aid aging drinking water systems
SEEC Co-Chair Rep. Paul Tonko has beaten the drum for improved drinking water infrastructure for a year or more, leading tours to emphasize how much of the Capital Region's aging pipeline system dates back to the 1800s. An engineer by training and temperament, he saw disasters waiting to happen. And now they have, in Flint, Mich., as well as in Troy and Hoosick Falls.
Dec 14, 2015
SEEC Member Statements on Paris Climate Agreement
The importance of achieving a climate agreement in Paris is second only to the willingness of the U.S. and others to take meaningful steps to reduce carbon pollution in the following days, months, and years.
Nov 6, 2015
Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection
Now that this question has been officially put to rest, it is time for Republicans in Congress to stop focusing on promoting dirty fossil fuels, and get serious about more pressing issues like responding to climate change and developing clean energy solutions that create good paying, permanent jobs.