asked to build this Canadian oil pipeline and assume all the environmental risk, including the damage to our climate, but then we’re supposed to accept that some of this oil will be exported to foreign...between dirty foreign oil and thirsty foreign markets, just so oil companies can make more profits,” said Senator Markey, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee. “The oil industry has said...colleagues and the oil industry on record over whether they want to keep the oil here for... Read More

pipeline, Keystone is now just political Kabuki theater. “With gas prices falling, and domestic oil supplies rising, one has to wonder why Congressional Republicans would use their first chance to prove...not giveaways to big oil that send our resources to foreign countries and worsen climate change. “I will continue to push for my ‘keep the oil here’ amendment that calls the oil industry’s bluff that...that Keystone will do anything for our energy independence by requiring that any oil that is... Read More

December 22 2014 Markey Leads Bipartisan Coalition of 43 Senators Seeking to Boost LIHEAP Fuel Assistance WASHINGTON DC In an effort to help provide fuel assistance to households struggling with their wint... Read More

This important fishery and ecosystem is a key economic driver for Alaska and the West Coast, and an oil spill there would be devastating for the region. I commend President Obama for taking this action,... Read More

liability for oil spills, and it is up to Congress to take the next step to hold oil companies fully accountable when they spill oil. We learned from the BP disaster that the fines and liabilities oil companies... Read More

profits for oil companies. This export pipeline would make the United States a middleman to ship Canadian oil to the thirstiest foreign markets abroad, where they can charge more for their oil while our... Read More

is right, Keystone is a Canadian export pipeline, plain and simple. Oil companies want to use our country to transport Canadian oil, and now they’re trying to ram this export strategy through Congress... Read More

climate change and make America a middleman between Canada and export markets around the world. This oil won’t stay here in America. It will be exported around the world. What we will get in return is more...support this pipeline when it comes for a vote, and I will urge the president to veto the bill if the oil companies get their wish to construct this Canadian export pipeline.”... Read More

November 02 2014 Senator Markey s Statement on IPCC Climate Report WASHINGTON November 2 2014 Senator Edward J Markey D Mass the chair of the U S Senate Climate Change Clearinghouse and Chairman of t... Read More

October 30 2014 Markey Responds to EIA Study on Gasoline Prices WASHINGTON October 30 2014 Senator Edward J Markey D Mass released the following statement regarding the report released today by the E... Read More