Clean Air
Senator Markey has long championed the Clean Air Act and strong rules that help reduce the amount of pollution from smokestacks that harm health and warm the planet. He has fought attempts to block the Environmental Protection Agency from updating clean air safeguards to protect public health and has introduced legislation to protect clean air standards that reduce mercury, lead, dioxins and other pollutants.
- Markey Statement on EPA's Ozone Pollution Proposal Posted on 11/26/14
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Markey: Exxon’s Crude Oil Export Call Continues Big Oil’s Coordinated Attack on U.S. Law, Consumers Posted on 12/12/13
Today Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, reacted to a Wall Street Journal report that ExxonMobil has joined other major oil companies such as Shell and ConocoPhillips and the industry’s lobbying association, the American Petroleum Institute, in calling for a change to U.S. law that would lift the restrictions on exporting domestically-produced crude oil.
Read More - Senator Markey Statement to EPAs Boston Public Listening Session on the Clean Air Act and Carbon Pollution Rules Posted on 11/04/13
- Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change Applauds President Obamas Commitment to Climate Change Resilience Preparation Posted on 11/01/13
- First Markey Senate Bill Creates Jobs, Quadruples Americas Clean Electricity Production Posted on 10/31/13
- U.S. Senator Ed Markey, Health Professionals, Business Leaders Call for EPA to Focus on Climate Disruption in Midst of Government Shutdown Posted on 10/15/13
- Markey: IPCC Climate Report Demands Action Posted on 09/27/13
