Transportation accounts for more domestic greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector — more than energy, industry, or agriculture Washington (February 23, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) today announced the reintroduction of... Read More

Legislation would provide permanent protection to unique and vulnerable habitat, safeguard subsistence rights of Arctic Indigenous Peoples Washington (February 4, 2021) – Following the Trump administration’s last desperate effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas lease sales earlier this year, Senators Edward J. Markey... Read More

Washington (February 3, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Department of Interior announced today that it intends to resume the environmental review of Vineyard Wind’s proposed offshore wind project after the Trump administration tried to prevent the company from moving forward with the permitting... Read More

Last year, record-smashing weather or climate disasters cost more than $95 billion  Washington (February 3, 2021) – With news that 2020 tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today announced the re-introduction of legislation to ensure the Federal... Read More

Request comes after PHSMA allowed the compressor station to recommence operations before the causes of recent unplanned natural gas releases were definitively identified and resolved   Washington (December 14, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety... Read More

Request comes as the compressor station remains shut down following two significant emergency gas releases   Washington (November 9, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of a petition requesting a rehearing and rescission of the In-Service... Read More

  Washington (April 11, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today in opposition to the nomination of David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior.   “David Bernhardt is nothing more than another pawn of Big Oil at the Department of Interior,” said Senator Markey, a member... Read More

  New executive orders would circumvent environmental review for pipeline projects, undermine water quality rules   Washington (April 11, 2019) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the two executive... Read More

  Legislation comes after Trump administration admits it has granted secret authorizations to U.S. companies to share nuclear technology and expertise with Saudi Arabia   Washington (April 10, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.), members of the Senate Foreign... Read More

Proposal to freeze fuel economy emissions standards would raise consumers’ gasoline costs by $55 billion in 2040, cut auto industry jobs, increase global warming pollution    Washington (April 3, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) today reintroduced... Read More

Senators unveil critical legislation to protect the health and safety of children, farmworkers, and families across the country from dangerous nerve agent found on fruits and vegetables, and in drinking water   Bill marks the second anniversary of former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s decision to deny a petition to ban... Read More

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer Establishes New Senate Democrats’ Special Committee On The Climate Crisis After Republican Leader McConnell Fails To Schedule A Vote On Resolution To Establish Bipartisan Senate Select Committee – New Committee, Comprised Of 10 Dem Senators, Will Investigate, Hold Hearings, And... Read More

Whitehouse, Feinstein, Blumenthal, Hirono, Markey, Harris point to massive influence campaign to block action in Congress as reason courts must act Oil majors spend tens of millions to defeat comprehensive climate legislation made necessary by their pollution   Washington, DC – Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dianne Feinstein... Read More

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) issued the following statement today after the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Volkswagen, two of its subsidiaries, and its former CEO Martin Winterkorn with defrauding investors and underwriters in connection with its multi-year effort to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined with House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in sending letters to Environmental Protection Agency... Read More

Washington, D.C. (February 19, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren reintroduced legislation to reauthorize the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission until 2029. The Advisory Commission expired under current law on September 26, 2018. The Advisory Commission allows the six towns in the park, Barnstable... Read More

Washington (February 14, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Green New Deal Congressional resolution with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today after he announced he will bypass regular order and introduce Senator Markey’s Green New Deal... Read More

  Recent U.S. Climate Assessment says, “Adaptation and mitigation policies and programs that help individuals, communities, and states prepare for the risks of a changing climate reduce the number of injuries, illnesses, and deaths from climate-related health outcomes”   Washington (February 1Y, 2019) – Senator Edward J.... Read More

  Washington (February 13, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement at tonight’s public meeting in Hampton, New Hampshire on the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Last month, Senator Markey, along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and... Read More

  Washington (February 13, 2019) – Last week, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced a Green New Deal resolution and support continues to grow for the effort that would create millions of good, high-wage jobs in the United States, provide unprecedented levels of prosperity and economic... Read More