Press Releases

Washington D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released the following statement on the passing of Congressman and SEEC Vice Chair A. Donald McEachin.

Washington D.C. – On Friday, the leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), which includes Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, and an additional 31 House members, along with Sens. Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey, Cory Booker, Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris Murphy, Bernie Sanders, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, Tina Smith, Michael Bennet, Ben Cardin, Brian Schatz, Tom Carper, and Chris Van Hollen sent joint letters to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging that robust international climate funding is preserved in the final Fiscal Year 2023 funding package.

Washington D.C. – Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), under the leadership of Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released a policy brief for consideration in the ongoing permitting reform discussions that details a positive vision for what permitting reform should look like to enable the clean energy future.

Washington D.C. – Today, the Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)'s Climate and Agriculture Task Force, Rep. Chellie Pingree and Rep. Kim Schrier, released a report on policy recommendations for next year's reauthorization of the Farm Bill to ensure it is as climate-friendly as possible.

Washington D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released the following statement following the Senate's decision to remove permitting language from the Continuing Resolution.

Washington D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released the following statement after Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act.

Washington D.C. – The co-chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)'s Power Sector Task Force, Reps. Sean Casten and Raja Krishnamoorthi, released the following statement after the House passed this week H.R. 8294, a package of appropriations bills for fiscal year 2023 that included a wide array of provisions championed by the Task Force to aid our country's transition to a clean energy economy.

Washington D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, Chellie Pingree, and Mike Quigley, released the following statement in response to Senator Manchin's obstruction of climate investments in a reconciliation package.