Energy, Climate Change & Environment
Senator Markey is a national leader on energy, climate change, and the environment. While serving in the House of Representatives, Markey was the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Markey also served as the Chairman of the Select Committee on Global Warming & Energy Independence. He was the House co-author of the only comprehensive climate change bill to ever pass a chamber of Congress, and was the principal House author of the 2007 fuel economy law, the Appliance Efficiency Act of 1987, and the law that established the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.
- BP Oil Spill & Drilling Safety
- Climate Change
- Electricity & Grid Security
- Natural Resources
- Fuel Efficiency
- Clean Air & Water
- Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency
- Senator Markey Applauds U.S. Investment in Green Climate Fund Posted on 01/17/17
- EPW MEMBERS PUSH FOR ANSWERS ON PRUITT ETHICS CONCERNS Posted on 01/13/17
- Markey Statement on President Obama’s Final Address Posted on 01/11/17
- Markey Statement on Meeting with Secretary of State Nominee Rex Tillerson Posted on 01/06/17
- Senator Markey Applauds Denial of Oil and Gas Seismic Testing in the Atlantic Posted on 01/06/17
- Senators Markey and Booker Praise Obama Administration Move to Permanently Ban Offshore Drilling in Parts of Arctic and Atlantic Oceans Posted on 12/20/16
- Markey Calls on President-elect Trump to Reject OPEC Call for United States to Cooperate on Oil Market Manipulation Posted on 12/19/16