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Climate champ Markey would face constraints in Senate
2013-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) will be on a bigger political stage but could lose influence at least in the near-term if he wins election to the Senate. The liberal Democrat, a hero to climate change and green-energy activists, is leading in polls heading into the June 25 special election to replace former Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), now the secretary of State. A victory would vault Markey from the GOP-controlled House back into the majority, at least for now, and give him a new stage in his...
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Markey, Waxman Report Highlights Gaps in Grid Security; APPA Responds
2013-05-22 16:13:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Drawing from responses from more than 100 utilities across America, a new report released yesterday shows that the nations electric grid remains highly vulnerable to attacks from Iran and North Korea, or other threats like geomagnetic storms from solar activity. read more
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350 Action Endorses Markey for U.S. Senate for His Opposition to Keystone XL
2013-03-13 18:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: 350 Action, the political arm of 350.org, today announced that they will endorse Rep. Ed Markey for U.S. Senate in Massachusettes. This marks the first time that 350 Action has endorsed a candidate for office. Rep. Markey is the only candidate in this race who is taking a principled stand on the dangerous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, said 350 Action executive director May Boeve. In Congress, each candidate had his shot at opposing this boondoggle of a project, which, if approved, would mean...
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350 Action Backing Rep. Ed Markey to Fill Kerrys Old Senate Seat
2013-03-13 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The political action arm of 350.org, in its first foray into electoral politics, has decided to back Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) in his primary race to fill the Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry's move to head up the State Department. The group, 350 Action, said that Markey's opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline was the decisive issue. His primary foe, Rep. Stephen Lynch (D), cast two votes for measures that 350 Action spokesman Daniel Kessler said were designed to force President Obama...
U.S. Rep. Ed Markey calls on president to address climate change, lands Sierra Club endorsement
2013-02-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Republican: Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey is calling on President Barack Obama to officially acknowledge climate change in this year's State of the Union address while lauding an environmental endorsement in his own bid to replace Secretary of State John Kerry in the U.S. Senate. Markey, a Malden, Mass. native, now has the support of the Sierra Club as he takes on Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch of South Boston, to win the Democratic nod and then become the next U.S. senator from the Bay State. "Throughout...
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