Lawmaker urges President Obama not to keep millions of lives needlessly at risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the nuclear power industry, sent a letter to President Obama last week, urging him to revisit the Bush administration’s flawed decision to ignore a 2002 law requiring that the inexpensive and highly effective anti-radiation drug potassium iodide (KI) be provided to all communities living within 20 miles of our nation’s 104 nuclear power plants.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member and former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement that Comcast has agreed to purchase a majority ownership stake in NBC Universal:
CHARLESTOWN, MA-On December 1, 2008, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of twin climate and energy panels in the House, attended the ground breaking ceremony of the Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) facility located in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Markey was joined by the Massachusetts Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, Ian Bowles. In May of 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Massachusetts a $25 million grant from the Economic Recovery Act to support construction of this $34 million facility that will test commercial-sized wind turbine blades.
Rep. Markey speaks at the event alongside Gil Speling, Special Assistant to the Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Rahul Yarala, Executive Director of the WTTC
NRC Response to Lawmaker on Radioisotopes Raises Concerns
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today expressed concern that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is failing to take sufficient action to protect patients treated with radioisotopes and those who may be exposed to them following medical treatment. Under current NRC rules, patients treated with such materials whose bodies are emitting high levels of radiation can be sent home, even if they have small children at home. Patients can also be sent to hotels for recovery, even though hotel workers and others that come into contact with them may be unwittingly exposed.
Decision could have severe economic impact on the region
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Massachusetts Congressional delegation, led by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), today sent a letter to US Airways urging the company to reconsider its decision to close its Boston regional hub.
The lawmakers sent the letter to US Airways Group, Inc. CEO Douglas
Parker after the company announced last month it would close its Boston
domicile, a decision which could result in the loss of 400 jobs and
decreased services people travelling in and out of Logan Airport. The
400 jobs that could potentially be lost or relocated would include
flight attendants, support staff, and 145 pilot positions.
