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Mar 21, 2024
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Clean Energy Deployment Task Force, Reps. Sean Casten (IL) and Mike Levin (CA), released the following statement to highlight a real vision for an American clean energy future during House Republicans’ Dirty Energy Week.

Mar 20, 2024
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement after the finalization of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new emission standards for light-duty and medium-duty vehicles, model years 2027 and beyond.

Mar 19, 2024
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to House Republicans’ Polluters Over People 2.0 agenda that represents yet another attack on the welfare of American families and communities.

Mar 7, 2024
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union address celebrating a year of historic investments in a clean and healthy future for generations to come.

Mar 6, 2024
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the House passage of Fiscal Year 2024 funding bills for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.

Mar 6, 2024
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final rule requiring publicly traded companies to make climate-related disclosures to the American public.

Feb 20, 2024
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, sent a letter to the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Richard Revesz, urging the swift finalization of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed drinking water standard for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Feb 9, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Climate and Agriculture Task Force Co-Chairs, Rep. Chellie Pingree and Rep. Kim Schrier, released a statement following the publication of House Agriculture Committee Democrats’ Farm Bill principles.

Feb 7, 2024
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko, Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Matt Cartwright, Sean Casten, Chellie Pingree, and Katie Porter, and Chair Emeritus Rep. Gerry Connolly, released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalizing a new National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particle pollution.

Feb 6, 2024
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.