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Nov 14, 2017
SEEC Joins Fellow Climate Advocates in Washington DC to Let the World Know We are #Stillin for Global Climate Action
While international negotiations around climate change continued in Bonn, Germany, SEEC gathered with climate advocates in Washington, DC to let the world know that we are still in and fighting for climate action.
Oct 24, 2017
SEEC Leaders Request Meeting with Chairman Brady to Discuss Sustainable Tax Reform
Today SEEC leadership, led by Vice-Chair Rep. Jared Polis, sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady inviting him to discuss sustainable tax policy as Republicans draft their tax proposal.
Oct 10, 2017
SEEC Members Condemn Repeal of the Clean Power Plan
SEEC Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Gerry Connolly, and Paul Tonko released the following statement in response to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s announcement that the Trump Administration intends to repeal the Clean Power Plan (CPP)
Sep 19, 2017
SEEC Members Question EPA Preparedness for Extreme Weather under Pruitt’s Leadership
Washington D.C. – Today SEEC members sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the Agency’s ability under his leadership to protect Americans from the growing threat of extreme weather.
Sep 7, 2017
SEEC Co-Chairs Condemn EPA Cuts that Put Families and Communities at Risk
Issues: Environment
SEEC Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Paul Tonko, and Doris Matsui released the following statement in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget cuts in H.R. 3354, the omnibus appropriations bill on the House Floor this week.
Aug 18, 2017
SEEC Members Lead Opposition to Pruitt’s Repeal of Clean Water Protections
Issues: Environment, Water
Today 102 members in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Secretary Pruitt to stop and consider the dangers of repealing the Clean Water Rule.
Jun 27, 2017
SEEC Opposes Administrator Pruitt’s Efforts to Repeal Clean Water Protections
Issues: Environment, Water
Washington D.C. – Today SEEC Leadership, including Co-Chairs Reps. Paul Tonko, Gerry Connolly, and Doris Matsui and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, Mike Quigley, Chellie Pingree and Jared Polis released the following statement in response to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers will issue a proposal to repeal the Clean Water Rule.
Jun 20, 2017
SEEC Added Four New Members in May
The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) was pleased to welcome Reps Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) to its membership in May. The Caucus was also pleased to welcome back Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), who previously served in SEEC during the 113th Congress. This brings the total number of coalition members to fifty-three.
Jun 1, 2017
SEEC Co-Chairs Condemn Decision to Withdraw from Paris Deal and Call for Continued Commitment to U.S. Climate Pledge from Leaders and Communities Across the Country
Washington D.C. – Today SEEC Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Paul Tonko, and Doris Matsui released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
May 30, 2017
SEEC Sends Tax Principles to House Ways & Means Committee
Washington D.C. – Today members of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee. The letter, led by SEEC Vice-Chair Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), details green tax reform priorities including financial incentives to reduce harmful carbon pollution, which should be the foundation of any tax reform plan. Early estimates suggest that a $25-per-ton surcharge on carbon would generate $977 billion over 10 years and provide a needed incentive to reduce carbon pollution over time. The letter was signed by Representatives Polis, Tonko, Matsui, Connolly, Pingree, Cartwright, Lowenthal, Quigley, Pocan, Lee, Tsongas, Lieu, Nolan, Hanabusa, Huffman, and Keating.