Fuel Efficiency
For decades, Senator Markey has led Congressional efforts to increase the fuel efficiency of cars and light trucks in order to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. President Obama announced that by 2025, the automotive fleet will average 54.5 miles per gallon. This standard will reduce the need for as much as 3.8 million barrels of oil per day by 2030, and was enabled by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which included higher fuel economy standards co-authored by Markey while serving in the House. The fuel economy legislation, combined with the 2007 Supreme Court decision of Massachusetts v. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which affirmed the agency’s authority to reduce greenhouse gas pollution from automobiles, paved the way for these new standards.
- Senator Markey: Trump Is Making a Dangerous U-Turn on Fuel Economy Emissions Standards Posted on 03/15/17
- Markey Leads Senators in Call to Trump Administration to Protect Strong Auto Emissions Standards Posted on 03/07/17
- Senator Markey Reacts to Auto Makers’ Request that EPA Reverse Fuel Economy Emission Standards Posted on 02/23/17
- Markey: EPA Announcement on Fuel Economy Standards Is Holiday-Season Gift That Will Keep On Giving Posted on 11/30/16
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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 - Markey Urges USTR to Fight Oil Industry Attempts to Export Crude Oil Posted on 12/03/13
- Markey: McCarthy, Moniz Bring Massachusetts Spirit of Innovation to EPA/DOE Posted on 03/04/13