seat,” said Senator Markey. “When the United States still imports more than five million barrels of oil a day from foreign nations, including more than three million barrels a day from OPEC countries, continuing... Read More

administration is focused on so-called alternative facts when it should prioritize alternative energy to oil, gas and coal. I support the tribes along the pipeline route in their fight against the Dakota Access... Read More

ExxonMobil Issues such as climate change Russian sanctions and role of oil in geopolitical m...... Read More

actually guaranteeing that the oil would stay here to bolster our energy security. The Keystone pipeline would be a straw running through America to transport the dirtiest oil in the world to the thirstiest... Read More

January 23 2017 Senator Markey Statement in Opposition to Rex Tillerson s Nomination Washington January 23 2016 Senator Edward J Markey D Mass a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee releas... Read More

Senator Markey Applauds Denial of Oil and Gas Seismic Testing in the Atlantic Read More

resources protection,” said Senator Markey. “We know that in the Trump administration, there will be a Big Oil bullseye on our coastlines for offshore drilling. As President-elect Trump nominates fossil fuel allies...cabinet, President Obama has instead put the interests of millions of Americans ahead of those of Big Oil with these permanent protections. The Atlantic Coast is both a natural wonder and economic engine,...must not allow the Trump administration to open our waters off of New... Read More

“The suggestion that the United States should work with OPEC is deeply troubling. Higher oil prices might benefit oil producers but they do not benefit U.S. consumers or our economy,” writes the Senator in...to continue to decrease our reliance on oil from unstable and hostile regions of the world, not work with a cartel of foreign nations to artificially increase oil prices at the expense of U.S. consumers... Read More

policy, energy policy, and environmental policy are all linked by one thing – oil. “Donald Trump is drafting a cabinet of Big Oil All-Stars with the plan to drag us back to 19th century dirty energy sources...future. These nominations are clear confirmation that a Trump administration will doggedly pursue an “oil above all” energy agenda domestically and overseas, at the expense of our economy, national security...to fossil fuel interests are as deep as an oil well. “These nominations are a... Read More

Senator Markey Statement on Possible Nomination of Exxon’s Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State Read More