Areas Proposed for Leasing Could Power 1.4 Million Homes WASHINGTON (November 30, 2012) -- Today the Interior Department announced the first-ever competitive lease sales for renewable energy development in federal waters offshore. The lease sales, to be held next year, will offer some of the nation’s best offshore wind resources in one area... Read More

Lawmakers recently queried nine major data brokers about practices involving consumers’ personal information WASHINGTON, D.C. – Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton, (R-Texas) today invited nine major data brokers, along with the Direct Marketing... Read More

Lawmaker urges action in wake of numerous reported deaths linked to class of beverages   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting an investigation of advertising claims made by energy drinks such as... Read More

Response to lawmakers reveals FAA has not established sufficient privacy protection, public transparency requirements even as current temporary licensing proceeds WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimating that as many as 30,000 drones could be flying in U.S. skies by the year 2020, Reps. Edward J. Markey... Read More

WASHINGTON (November 28, 2012) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today praised the Obama administration for suspending BP’s access to federal contracts, including new drilling leases on taxpayer-owned land. Rep. Markey had originally raised the issue of whether BP should be suspended or disbarred from future lease sales at an oversight hearing... Read More

Washington, D.C. —Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Energy & Environment Task Force announced today that the CPC is endorsing The American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011( H.R. 3307).   This bipartisan bill, cosponsored by CPC member Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), would extend the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC— Today leading Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee sent a letter to Black Elk Energy CEO John Hoffman regarding the explosion on November 16, 2012, on one of the company’s oil production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.  The letter was sent by Energy and... Read More

Emissions Cuts, Adaptation Money Desperately Needed in Face of Accelerating Climate Change   WASHINGTON (November 26, 2012) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the U.S. delegation to the climate talks in Doha, Qatar to take the strongest possible position on cutting the carbon emissions that are driving climate change, and to... Read More

  Energy Regulator’s Policy Shift Could Save New England Consumers More Than $57 Million Per Year  WASHINGTON (November 21, 2012) – Last Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a “policy statement” in which the Commission raises the bar that transmission companies must meet in order to... Read More

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-6065 Giselle Barry, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Markey Questions Pipeline Safety Agency on Boston Gas Leaks WASHINGTON (November 21, 2012) – Following a study released by Boston University that shows thousands of small natural gas leaks exist... Read More

Superstorm Sandy, recent cyberattacks highlight need to address potential cyber and physical risks to energy facilities WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter today to Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) calling on the lawmaker to take immediate action to pass... Read More

  ADVISORY FOR: 11 AM, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2012 Rep. Markey Joined by Climate Experts, Advocates to Illustrate Catastrophic Costs to Boston if Climate Change Left Unchecked MEDFORD, MA. – If some early forecasting models had come true, superstorm Sandy was on track for a direct hit on Boston. What if that had happened? Major Boston... Read More

Accident at Rig Claims 2 Lives, 2 Missing; Comes Day After BP Criminal Settlement   WASHINGTON (November 16, 2012) – Just one day following the federal government’s settlement with BP for 14 criminal charges relating to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, another explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico claimed two... Read More

Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo, and Committee Member Edward J. Markey sent a letter to their colleagues to call attention to a troubling constitutional argument being advanced as part of a case filed by Verizon to overturn the Open Internet... Read More

Settlement Includes Guilty Plea for Lying to Congress, Manipulating Data on Flow Rate of Spill; Congressman Releases Documents Given to DOJ for BP Investigation   WASHINGTON (November 15, 2012) – A $4.5 billion settlement between the United States government and BP includes a guilty plea of obstruction by a BP executive for lying to... Read More

Lawmakers voice concerns in light of meningitis outbreak linked to drugs from Massachusetts compounding pharmacy   WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the number of drug shortages has risen over the past several years, doctors and hospitals have increasingly turned to compounding pharmacies to fill a void. Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.),... Read More

Lawmakers are the leading investigators in Congress into the BP oil spill   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), the leading investigators in Congress into the BP oil spill, including the flow rate and size of the spill, will speak on today’s announcement of the settlement between BP and the... Read More

WASHINGTON (November 15, 2012) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) the leading investigator into the BP oil spill, released the following statement on early reports of the settlement between BP and the Department of Justice related to criminal charges and fines related to the company’s 2010 oil spill. The settlement reportedly a guilty plea of... Read More

Lawmaker has introduced VALID Compounding Act to strengthen federal regulations for compounding pharmacies   WASHINGTON, D.C. - With both Congressional and Massachusetts state hearings scheduled this week on the fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated drugs from a compounding pharmacy located in his district, Congressman Edward J.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, released the following statement upon the passing of Massachusetts Congressman Joseph Early, Sr.   “Joe Early served the state of Massachusetts with excellence for decades and helped build the foundation for the... Read More