Edward Markey News

Ray Kemble delivers fresh water to a home that had its water contaminated due to hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in January in Dimock, Penn.

The geniuses at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have given the green light for new nuclear power plants in the U.S. a which don't include safety upgrades which were demonstrated vital by the Fukushima meltdown.

Long-time Democratic representative from Massachusetts and member of the member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Edward Markey is the chief sponsor of a bill mandating $100 billion U.S. nuclear-weapon spending over the next decade.

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this week calls for a reduction of $100 billion to nuclear weapons programs, as well as the termination of the $4.8 billion MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility project at the Savannah River Site.

Federal policing of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands is lax and inconsistent, with only 6 percent of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years, House Democrats said in a report Wednesday.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Southern Co.'s plan for the first licenses to build reactors in more than 30 years, with the chairman dissenting because he said there hasn't been a commitment to implement safety upgrades after Japan's 2011 disaster.

The impact of texting while driving can be far more influential than simply an update to a friend on your whereabouts.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is set to vote Thursday on Atlanta-based Southern Co.'s request to build two new reactors at Plant Vogtle in eastern Georgia.

Taking aim at an area of federal spending left unchecked for generations, two dozen lawmakers today plan to propose legislation mandating deep cuts in the US nuclear arsenal - including submarines, missiles, aircraft, and weapons design laboratories.

State of play: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is set to approve the construction of two nuclear reactors at Southern Co.'s Vogtle power plant in Georgia.

The debate over the sole-source contracting privileges that Alaska Native corporations have used to make billions of dollars is flaring in Congress with a new government audit that found lax oversight of the program.

Federal policing of oil and natural gas on public lands is lax and inconsistent, with only 6 percent of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years, House Democrats said in a report Wednesday.

President Obama watched yesterday as Joey Hudy of Phoenix launched a marshmallow from his Extreme Marshmallow Cannon in the State Dining Room of the White House during the second White House Science Fair.

Pressure continues to build on Congress to introduce more stringent regulation of medical devices.

According to independent energy and economic experts, the U.S. Congress would be stepping into a legal and logistical minefield and would risk running afoul of the World Trade Organization if it banned exports of oil shipped into the U.S. through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

The Obama administration on Tuesday made $50 million immediately available for Alzheimer's research and $26 million to support caregivers and raise public awareness.

Members of the state's all-Democratic U.S. House delegation are stockpiling cash as they prepare to run in districts that in some cases have been radically redrawn under the state's new congressional map.

Reps. Edward J. Markey , Henry A. Waxman , Jan Schakowsky , and Rosa DeLauro announced in a press release that they have introduced H.R. 3847, the Safety Of Untested and New Devices Act of 2012 .

Wireless provider AT&T and Somerville High School are teaming up Monday to deter students from texting while driving.

Representative Edward J. Markey, a national leader on energy and the environment, is the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee.