Edward Markey News

This morning, I'm making use of a mass transit system while sitting at my desk at home.

People stood in line to buy the new Apple iPhone 3G S last month - but it can't be used on any network except AT&T's, thanks to exclusivity deals between handset makers and the telecoms.

NANUET - Scores of area residents took to the streets yesterday to protest the federal government's pursuit of stimulus payments, corporate bailouts and new health and environmental policies they said were ruining the country.

The news cycle has been dominated by celebrity deaths - Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and even TV pitchman Billy Mays - and President Barack Obama's health care initiative.

Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey has announced legislation intended to force Web sites that sell international travel to Americans to offer information about the health and safety conditions at their destinations.A Markey says the International Travelers Bill of Rights Act would keep Americans informed before they book a trip online.

The House last night narrowly approved a landmark overhaul of US environmental policy, handing President Obama a big political victory with a vote to dramatically limit greenhouse gases and fundamentally alter how the nation produces energy in coming decades.

The 1,500-page climate change bill that has passed the House of Representatives and is awaiting its day in the Senate promises to leave less change in the pockets of the public, according to Rep.

Congress will face its first big test for one of Obama's biggest and most controversial domestic priorities, stemming climate change.

Representative Rick Boucher of Virginia: assurances on coal-burning power plants.

The legendary sports journalist, Jimmy Cannon of the now defunct New York Journal-American said of Howard Cosell: "His real name is Howard Cohen, he wears a toupee, and he claims to tell it like it is." Of Leonard Lance, it may similarly be said:A He voted as a state Senator to reappoint Deborah Poritz as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he ...

Democrats narrowly passed historic climate and energy legislation Friday evening that would transform the country's economy and industrial landscape.

After being sworn in Monday, new Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced some of his staff hires.

When derailed freight train cars carrying ethanol burst into flames just 50 miles from her Chicago suburb, killing a motorist who tried to flee, Barrington Mayor Karen Darch saw her worst fears realized.

The U.S. House debated legislation to limit greenhouse-gas emissions as lawmakers remained divided and Democratic leaders worked to rally support for one of a s top domestic priorities.

The House narrowly passed an ambitious climate bill on Friday that would establish national limits on greenhouse gases, create a complex trading system for emission permits, and provide incentives to alter how individuals and corporations use energy.

The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to fight global warming.

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"We will have by 2030 a generation of younger Americans that will never know what it was like to pump gasoline at a station." -- Edward Markey Rep.

The U.S. House narrowly passed legislation to impose the nation's first limits on greenhouse- gas emissions linked to , handing a win on one of his top policy priorities.

When derailed freight train cars carrying ethanol burst into flames just 50 miles from her Chicago suburb, killing a motorist who tried to flee, Barrington Mayor Karen Darch saw her worst fears realized.