Press Releases

12.20.11

Markey: New EPA Mercury Standards "For the Kids"

WASHINGTON (December 21, 2011) - New standards to limit mercury and other toxics from power plants and other sources were finalized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a move that will protect America's children and pregnant mothers from health hazards, and encourage the development of cleaner energy technologies. Reducing mercury and other toxics is feasible, as evidenced by the 91 percent reduction in mercury in Massachusetts since 1996. Yet House Republicans are trying to bloc… Continue Reading

12.18.11

Markey: On Four Year Anniversary of 2007 Energy Bill, Republicans Giving Gifts to Oil and Coal Companies, Not American People

WASHINGTON (December 19, 2011) - Four years after the passage of the 2007 energy bill, the American automotive industry is coming back from the dead, led by the inclusion and manufacture of more fuel efficient vehicles. Large companies like General Electric and Sylvania are rolling out the latest in money-saving light bulbs in stores, just in time for the season of light. And buildings, appliances, and our energy grid are all working in more efficient ways due to the bill. Signed on December 19… Continue Reading

12.13.11

Markey: New Report on BP Spill Raises More Questions for Companies, Oil Industry

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12.06.11

Markey: New BP Violations a Drop in Ocean of Fines Company Still Owes for Spill

12.06.11

Markey Applauds FERC's Bonneville Decision, Urges Energy Department to Help Integrate Renewables

12.05.11

Markey Quizzes Halliburton, Interior Dept. on Allegations of Destroyed Evidence from BP Spill

WASHINGTON (December 6, 2011) - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today asked oil company Halliburton and the Interior Department for answers about allegations by BP that Halliburton destroyed and withheld evidence related to the 2010 oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. BP alleged in court documents Monday that Halliburton destroyed evidence related to the cementing procedure conducted by Halliburton on BP's blown-out well that unsuccessfully sealed in the well prior to the accident. Rep. Markey t… Continue Reading

12.01.11

Markey Statement on Obama Admin. Indian Country Clean Energy Initiative

WASHINGTON (December 2, 2011) -President Barack Obama announced today that his administration would create a program to assist clean energy development in Native American and Alaska Native communities Following that announcement, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a leader in pushing for more clean energy in America and the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over Native American affairs, issued the following statement: "No other energy is more native than the wind, … Continue Reading

12.01.11

Markey, 58 Congressional Colleagues to Obama: Reinvigorate, Expedite Investigations into Chinese Clean Energy Trade Manipulation

12.01.11

Markey Praises Obama/Clinton Energy Efficiency Buildings Effort

WASHINGTON (December 2, 2011) - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) lauded the Obama administration and former President Bill Clinton for their joint efforts to increase the energy efficiency of federal and private buildings. Rep. Markey has authored several laws aimed at improving energy efficiency standards in buildings and appliances, and the energy and climate bill he co-authored in 2009 with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) included measures that would have vastly increased the energy efficiency of homes … Continue Reading

12.01.11

Markey, Boren Praise New Obama Education Program for Indian Country

WASHINGTON (December 2, 2011) - President Obama today signed an executive order to improve educational performance and options for Native American and Alaska Native students from early education up until Tribal Colleges and Universities. Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee, and Dan Boren (D-Okla.), the Ranking Member of the Committee's Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, praised the Obama administration for its dedication to improvin… Continue Reading

11.28.11

Markey: WMO Report Shows Earth's Stability on Thin Ice from Global Warming

11.20.11

Markey Challenges API on Job Claims, Tax Break Defense

Oil Industry Shedding Jobs, Not Bidding on Most Drilling Opportunities, Yet Oil Lobbyists Claiming Huge Job Growth in New Ad Campaign WASHINGTON (November 21, 2011) -- The largest oil companies have shed thousands of jobs over the last six years. Most drilling leases put up for bid receive zero interest from oil companies. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts fewer jobs in the drilling sector because of technological advances and increased efficiency. That hasn't stopped oil lobbyis… Continue Reading

11.17.11

Markey: Extreme Weather and Extreme Costs Require Extreme Urgency

11.17.11

Markey: More Drill Holes Won't Fill Our Potholes

11.15.11

Markey, Holt, Natural Resources Democrats Introduce Legislation to Recover $19 Billion from Oil, Gas and Mining Companies for Deficit Reduction

Bill Contrasts with Special Interest Giveaway Proposals from GOP WASHINGTON (November 16, 2011) - Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rush Holt (D-N.J.) today introduced legislation that would raise roughly $19 billion over the next 10 years to reduce the U.S. budget deficit by ensuring oil, gas and mining companies are paying a fair price to use public resources. The legislation, called the Fair Payment for Energy and Mineral Production on Public Lands Act, would close loopholes that currently allow… Continue Reading

11.14.11

Markey, Lieberman, and 70+ Members of Congress Push Interior Dept. to Protect Arctic Refuge

11.09.11

Congressional Climate Briefing to Push "End of Climate Change Skepticism"

Dr. Richard Muller, Author of Berkeley Temperature Study, Makes First Appearance on Hill After Releasing Results; Drs. Ben Santer, William Chameides to Present Latest Research on Global Warming More information & live webcast of this briefing >> WASHINGTON - Three prominent scientists will present the best case yet for the end of climate skepticism in Washington and the world over the fact that the world is warming at a congressional briefing held by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Henr… Continue Reading

11.09.11

Markey: Wilderness Requests from Interior Department Protect America's Public Lands

11.09.11

Markey Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Route

11.08.11

Markey: As Iran Fuels Nuclear Program, House Republicans Hurting Efforts to Isolate Regime

WASHINGTON (November 9, 2011) - Even as a United Nations report warns that Iran is continuing its headlong drive towards becoming a nuclear weapons state, House Republicans are rewarding a mining company that shares a uranium mine with Iran and protecting financial and other institutions which do business with the dangerous regime. "We'll diffuse the Iranian ticking time bomb if the international political and business community isolates this dangerous regime, and Republicans in Congre… Continue Reading

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