March 20 2015 Markey Senate GOP Shouldn t Block Fracking Rule Protections should be improved but not scrapped says Senator WASHINGTON March 20 2015 Senator Edward J Markey D Mass ... Read More

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to introduce bipartisan legislation to improve public access to the federal judiciary by granting judges the ability to allow cameras in federal courtrooms. Read More

the oil companies’ major arguments to overturn the decades-old ban on sending U.S. oil to foreign nations apparently needs more refining. That’s because the men and women who process America’s oil say...are ready and willing to handle our growing oil production. If we were to lift the export ban, we would send those U.S. refining jobs overseas along with our oil. This report and the continued economic and...and national security advantages of keeping our oil here highlights why Congress should... Read More

from new offshore oil drilling that could ruin hundreds of miles of coastline from a BP-like spill. The recently released draft five-year offshore drilling program proposes holding an oil drilling lease sale... Read More

“In the last ten years since Congress passed the DST extension, there are few years where it is more welcome than following this harsh, cold, dark winter,” said Senator Markey. “Millions of Americans, especially those in my home state of Massachusetts, were kept indoors from record-breaking snowfall and cold, and hopefully this extra hour of evening light will give them a chance to get back out into the world again.” Read More

offered amendments to the bill to keep the oil in America, to close the oil spill liability trust fund loophole, and to study the impacts of carbon pollution from the oil on climate change. “The Republican... Read More

“For years we’ve known that fossil fuel interests have sought to block action on climate change and have denied the science. This investigation will help to determine who is funding these denial-for-hire operations and whether those who are funded by these fossil fuel interests are keeping their funders’ identities secret from the public and legislators,” said Senator Markey, Ranking Member of the Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment and Public... Read More

construction when the full review process is allowed to be completed. We should not help some of the dirtiest oil in the world to be funneled through our country like a straw, just so much of it can be exported to... Read More

“We have a critical fight this year to defend the health and safety of our families, our workers and our environment and to redouble efforts to end the terrible legacy of corporate pollution on our lands and in our bodies. I will continue my decades of work ensuring toxic chemicals are both safe and secure, reclaiming our communities from hazardous pollution, and pushing back on any efforts to deny and defund critical science and environmental safety efforts. Decades ago, after nearly a... Read More

offshore wind will come with increased competition and new technologies. “Instead of drilling for oil and gas off of the Atlantic Coast, we should pursue a clean energy vision that safeguards our environment... Read More