belong to all Americans. Any nominee who intends to hand over the keys to our public lands to the oil, gas, mining, and logging industries and denies the science of climate change is unsuitable to lead... Read More

Senator is House author of fuel economy standard update in 2007 energy bill Read More

Markey Celebrates Protection of Atlantic and Arctic Coasts in Offshore Oil Drilling Plan... Read More

However, without a permanent withdrawal, we cannot be certain that the coastline would not see new oil and gas development in the future."... Read More

We are heading into what could potentially be a home heating disaster this winter for consumers in New England,” said Senator Markey. “I commend the Obama administration for making this release of LIHEAP funds so that Massachusetts and other states can make plans to help ensure that no families are left out in the cold. Given the potentially massive spikes in heating costs that consumers in our region are forecast to face this winter, I will continue to fight in the Senate on a bipartisan basis... Read More

Senators Markey and Booker Urge Obama to Permanently Protect Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from Offshore Drilling Read More

Today’s draft report card on fuel economy standards gets a grade of ‘Incomplete’. The automotive industry is enjoying record auto sales while meeting the strong fuel economy standards that are already in place. The draft report also highlights that there more affordable technologies to reduce gasoline used in and carbon pollution from cars than what was anticipated when these rules were first written. But lower gas prices and auto industry advertising has also meant that more Americans are now... Read More

2016 Senate Dems Introduce Legislation to End Big Bailouts for Big Oil Hold Companies Accountable for Disastrous Oil Spill Damages EWARK N J U S Senators... Read More

Six years ago during the BP oil spill, I discovered that Big Oil companies had included plans to evacuate walruses from the Gulf of Mexico, even though walruses hadn’t called the Gulf home for three million...to require that full and complete copies of pipeline oil spill response plans are provided to Congress. When it comes to oversight of our nation’s oil pipelines by Congress, API doesn’t stand for the American...with me in the coming weeks to ensure that Congress has the ability to conduct... Read More

sense for the Interior Department to hold new lease sales in the Arctic at the same time that the oil industry is relinquishing its current leases and is in the process of pulling back from any plans to... Read More