Washington (September 3, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the Senate Climate Clearinghouse and co-author of the only comprehensive climate legislation to ever pass a chamber of Congress, released the following statement today after the announcement that the... Read More

Program to cut carbon emissions and combat climate change has saved consumers in the Northeast $1.5 billion and added $3 billion to the regional economy   Washington (August 15, 2016) – Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the bipartisan Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), when seven states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic... Read More

Washington, D.C. --  The Massachusetts Congressional delegation is urging U.S. House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith to cease House Republicans’ blatant abuse of congressional subpoena authority in an effort  to deny the causes of global climate change. In July, Smith issued subpoenas to Massachusetts Attorney... Read More

Washington (August 2, 2016) – Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality released final guidance on consideration of climate change under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for all federal actions, including energy and mining activities. Over the past few years, courts have ruled that federal NEPA reviews need to... Read More

Nineteen Senators expose fossil fuel-funded groups involved in a campaign to deny climate facts and stymie climate legislation ***VIDEO INCLUDED BELOW*** Washington, D.C. – Throughout the week on the Senate floor, Senate Democrats called out various trade associations, foundations, and organizations for perpetrating a sprawling web of... Read More

Legislation is introduced on the first-year anniversary of Pope Francis’s historic environmental encyclical “Laudato Si” Washington (June 17, 2016) – As the world marks the first anniversary this weekend of the release of Pope Francis’s historic environmental encyclical  “Laudato Si”, Senator Edward... Read More

Whitehouse, Warren, Boxer, Sanders, Brown, Merkley, Blumenthal, Markey investigation finds that Chamber Board do not stand with the Chamber on tobacco, climate lobbying NOT ONE Board member openly endorses Chamber lobbying activities on tobacco, climate Roughly half of Chamber Board companies’ actions and views differ from Chamber on... Read More

44 Current & Former Senators & 164 Current & Former House Members from 38 States Filed An Amicus Brief To Support President Obama’s Clean Power Plan in Case Currently Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, & Defend EPA’s Authority To Protect Public Health and the Environment by Regulating New... Read More

Washington (February 9, 2016) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and chair of the Senate Climate Clearinghouse, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to stay the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan.  "Big Coal might celebrate this Fat Tuesday ruling, but I... Read More

Actions would implement key components of Markey Legislation to Reduce Wasting of Natural Gas on Public Lands Washington (January, 22, 2016) – The Obama Administration announced it will update 30 year old regulations to reduce the amount of natural gas that is wasted through venting and flaring from oil and natural... Read More

Big polluter legal effort to delay historic Clean Power Plan dealt significant blow   Washington (January 21, 2016) –The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected a stay to block implementation of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan that was requested by opponents of the plan.   Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a... Read More

Interior Department action would implement reforms called for by Senator to protect taxpayers, climate Washington (January 15, 2016) – After three decades of calling for reform to the broken federal coal program that potentially costs American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) today applauded the... Read More

Washington (December 12, 2015) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Climate Change Clearinghouse, released the following statement after the full negotiating body of the COP21 negotiations released a final agreement. Senator Markey, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, is former Chairman of the House... Read More

Plan Would More Than Double the Clean Energy Workforce WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 – As part of his plan to create a sustainable, clean-energy economy, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation today that would significantly reduce carbon pollution and help put us on a path to more than double the size of the American clean energy... Read More

During Historic Meetings In Paris With Leaders From More Than 190 Countries To Address Climate Change, Senator Cruz Holds A Hearing Questioning Its Existence   Senate Democrats To GOP: Climate Change Is Real And It’s Time To Work In Bipartisan Way To Address Its Devastating Impacts   Senate Dems Urge Cruz And Republicans To Join The... Read More

Delegation of Democratic U.S. senators to express their strong support for climate talk negotiations Paris (December 4, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined a delegation of ten U.S. Senators in Paris today to attend the COP 21 climate talks currently underway.   The Senate delegation, led by Foreign Relations Committee... Read More

PARIS – Ten U.S. Senators arrived in Paris on Friday to attend the COP 21 climate talks that are now underway.  The Senate delegation, led by U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), will attend the Paris talks and participate in a series of events and bilateral meetings with world leaders in support of achieving solutions to... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today introduced a bill with 32 other senators to designate the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness and protect the land from future development. The Coastal Plain represents 1.56 million acres of the 19.6 million-acre wildlife... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) announced that Massachusetts has been awarded $63.7 million by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment. The funds will... Read More

Senators introduce legislation that would increase the royalty rate for coal produced on federal lands, prohibit overseas sale of federally-owned coal   Washington (December 2, 2015) – As President Obama joined with world leaders to help craft an international agreement on climate, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Sheldon Whitehouse... Read More