Press Releases

07.26.11

Markey, Holt Push to End Oil Drilling Revenue Sharing, Cut Deficit

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07.25.11

Markey: No Ceiling for BP Profits

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07.20.11

Markey, Boren Praise Obama Push to Bolster Domestic Violence Enforcement on Native American Lands

07.18.11

Markey on Republican Weather Service Cuts: It's Not the Heat, It's the Stupidity

NOAA Response to Markey Details Budget Attacks on Weather Alerts, Climate Research as Nation Gripped by Massive Heat Wave WASHINGTON (July 19, 2011) - The mercury may be rising across the country, but House Republicans are reducing the funding that allows our government's weather and climate experts to better forecast short-term extreme weather events and long-term climate trends. The cuts, engineered by a House Republican caucus that has turned against the science of climate change, would … Continue Reading

07.14.11

Markey: BP's Voluntary Safety Standards Show Industry Can Be Safer

Under Questioning by Rep. Markey, Drilling Agency Head Says New BP Standards Will Be Examined for Industry; Markey, Holt Introduce Legislation to Charge Oil Companies Safety Inspection Fees WASHINGTON (July 15, 2011) - BP's announced voluntary safety standards for offshore drilling demonstrate that the industry at large can adopt more stringent safety requirements, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said today at a Congressional hearing featuring the drilling safety agency director. The director of… Continue Reading

07.14.11

Markey: Clean Energy Future Loses, Fossil Fuel Past Wins in Republican Energy and Water Bill

07.12.11

Markey: Clean Water Must Not Return to Polluted Past

GOP Rejects Markey Amendment to Protect Rivers, Wetlands, Other Vital Waterways WASHINGTON (July 13, 2011) - In their continuing efforts to eviscerate environmental laws, House Republicans today voted to overturn almost forty years of progress on cleaning our nation's rivers, streams, lakes and other waterways under the Clean Water Act. Among the votes today was a rejection (183-237) of an amendment sponsored by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) that would have protected rivers, wetlands, marshes or… Continue Reading

07.12.11

Markey: Natural Resources Republicans Push Lip-Service, Trojan Horse Renewable Bills

Alaska Oil Production Bill Duplicative, Misguided; Republicans Reject Amendments to Keep Alaska Oil in America, Protect Planes, Soldier Training Grounds WASHINGTON (July 13, 2011) - Republicans on the Natural Resources Committee today pushed several bills through the panel that would hamper development of renewable energy in the false guise of trying to help the industry, and piled on with a duplicative bill that would call for already-planned lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve Alask… Continue Reading

07.11.11

Markey: Republicans Vote to Increase Cash to Oil, Nuclear

GOP Rejects Markey Amendment to Shift Money to Clean Energy WASHINGTON (July 12, 2011) - The House Republican caucus continued to push an energy and water spending bill today that would actually increase funding to fossil fuel and nuclear energy, while slashing funding for solar, wind, and other clean energy technologies. By a vote of 154-266, the GOP rejected an amendment by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) that would have invested $100 million in clean energy technologies, shifting the money by reduc… Continue Reading

07.06.11

Markey: Two Years of Pipeline Accidents Highlights Need for Overhaul of Safety

WASHINGTON (July 7, 2011) -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and the Democratic staff of the Natural Resources Committee released the following summary of major pipeline incidents from the last two years. This recent history of spills, explosions, environmental damage and loss of life and property demonstrates the need for a comprehensive review of pipeline safety. “These recent spills may call into question whether federal regulations are sufficient to ensure that oil and gas companies are properly m… Continue Reading

07.05.11

Markey: The Report the Nuclear and Fossil Fuel Industries Don't Want You to See

EIA Says Domestic Renewable Energy Production Surpasses Nuclear, Gains on Oil; Report Calls into Question Republican Plans to Cut Clean Energy, Increase Fossil Funding in Spending Bills WASHINGTON (July 6, 2011) - The dirty little secret of the much-ballyhooed, but non-existent "nuclear renaissance" just happens to be big and clean - the growth of domestic clean energy production, that is. Buried in a report issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration are these facts: domestic product… Continue Reading

07.05.11

Markey: Republican Spending Bills an Assault on Sea, Air, Land

WASHINGTON (July 6, 2011) - House Republican appropriators today released their spending bills on issues related to energy, public lands, water, and the environment, and comprise a multi-front assault on America's air, land, water and public health, said Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee. Meanwhile, the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill restores $55 million in oil and gas subsidies. The Interior and Environment Appropriations proposed bill … Continue Reading

07.04.11

Markey Calls for Hearings into Exxon's Yellowstone River Oil Spill

Pipeline Inspection Regime, Spill's Impacts on Public Lands Need Examining, Says Congressman WASHINGTON (July 5, 2011) -- As concerns grow that the ExxonMobil pipeline spill into the Yellowstone River may be larger than previously thought, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, called for investigative hearings to be held into the incident and related safety and environmental issues. Rep. Markey and… Continue Reading

06.29.11

Markey Applauds NOAA, Western Governors Effort to Improve Climate Services

Agreement highlights need for timely, accurate delivery of climate information to help states prepare for impacts WASHINGTON(June 30, 2011) - Today, the Western Governors' Association (WGA) signed a joint agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve climate science and services needed for long-range planning and forecasting for severe storms, droughts, floods, tropical cyclones, and wildfires to the 19 western States and U.S. Pacific Islands. The bi-parti… Continue Reading

06.27.11

Markey on State of the Climate Report: Global Warming is Here

2010 Tied for Hottest on Record, 2011 Already Seen $32b in Damage from Extreme Weather WASHINGTON (June 28, 2011) - A new overview of climate indicators and impacts on America and the world show an increasingly unstable and unpredictable worldwide weather system that includes hotter weather, more precipitation that falls in increasingly extreme amounts, and continued disturbing levels of ice melt at the poles and major glacial areas. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the co-author of the only climate b… Continue Reading

06.26.11

Markey to SEC: Natural Gas Reporting Rules Violating "Trust, but Verify" Principle

New Rules by Financial Watchdog Allows Self-Reporting of Reserves by NatGas Cos.; Congressman Sends Investigative Letter to Agency WASHINGTON (June 27, 2011) - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today asked the Securities and Exchange Commission whether a 2008 rule allowing natural gas companies more flexibility in how they reported on unproven gas reserves had allowed the companies to paint an overly-optimistic picture of their reserves and the industry's potential contribution to America's ener… Continue Reading

06.26.11

Markey Questions Natural Gas Shale Reserves

Asks EIA for Methodology, Materials Supporting Bullish Fuel Claims WASHINGTON (June 27, 2011) - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today asked the energy experts working for the United States government to justify their bullish claims on natural gas resources and reserves in light of reports in The New York Times indicating skepticism exists within the Energy Information Administration (EIA) about its own estimates. In a letter to the head of the EIA, Rep. Markey asked how the agency was justifying optim… Continue Reading

06.23.11

Natural Resources Democrats Oppose Failing Republican "Self-Report Card"

GOP's "Activity Report" Proves that Action Doesn't Equal Achievement; Republicans Rejecting Democratic Bills and Hearings WASHINGTON (June 24, 2011) - Republican changes for the 112th Congress included switching back to Styrofoam cups, new budgetary restrictions that protect corporate loopholes for oil companies, and biannual self-congratulatory "activity reports." Today the Democratic members of the Natural Resources Committee assailed this first missive from their Republican counterparts as a… Continue Reading

06.22.11

Markey: Administration Follows Markey Legislation to Release 30 Million Barrels from Strategic Petroleum Reserve

WASHINGTON (June 23, 2011) - After months of calls by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) to follow his legislation and release at least 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to respond to supply disruptions from Middle East strife and increased prices on American consumers, the Obama administration today announced that they would do just that. The action from the Department of Energy would also include an additional release of 30 million barrels from international partners such as… Continue Reading

06.21.11

Markey: Circular Finger-Pointing by Oil Companies Highlights Need for Better Safety Standards

WASHINGTON (June 22, 2011) - Transocean, the company that owned the drilling rig involved in the BP oil spill, today issued a report that continues the pattern of the companies involved in the spill passing blame in advance of expected protracted litigation. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the principal force in Congress pushing for oversight of the spill and the response, issued the following statement in response. Rep. Markey is the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisd… Continue Reading

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