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When Pope Francis releases his historic environmental encyclical this week, he will be preaching to the world, but the world will be looking to the United States to lead. The pope will deliver a practical message: Mankind created this problem of climate change, and now mankind must fix it. And as one of the world’s top emitters of the pollution that’s warming our planet, America has the moral obligation to act. More »

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey wants web sites to come with an “erase button” that parents can use to scrub personal information about their children from the Internet. The proposal is one of several updates that the Massachusetts Democrat says are needed to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, which he authored as a House member. “The Internet […] More »

Legislation being proposed in the U.S. House and Senate today would require federal auto regulators to include information about collision-avoidance systems in their new car safety ratings. The legislation is being proposed by U.S. Sens. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., and U.S. Reps. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. It comes just […] More »

The opioid addiction epidemic is a crisis not just here in Massachusetts but across the country, and the federal government has a big role to play in addressing it. Fortunately, the crisis is producing something unusual in Congress: bipartisanship. One positive sign is the letter sent this week by two senators who don’t often see […] More »

When is the last time basic science research touched your life? If you’re using a cellphone or the Internet, drinking clean water, using public transportation, or receiving medical care, for example, then the answer is “right now”! Wherever you look, from health care to consumer goods, wireless communication to transportation, food to national security, we […] More »

SAY THIS for Senator Ed Markey: He is one irrepressible optimist. If you put your faith in careful research and scientific consensus rather than pseudo-science and sophistry, the politicization of climate change can be profoundly disheartening. Which is why it’s a tonic to talk to Markey. A longtime leader on the issue, he sees things […] More »

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the herbicide glyphosate, amidst growing concerns that the chemical in one of the world’s most widely used weed killers “probably” causes cancer. The United Nations World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released a scientific assessment of five organophosphate pesticides […] More »

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey is praising new steps to be taken by the Obama administration to address the prescription drug and heroin crisis. The Department of Health and Human Services announced it will focus on three areas: providing education and resources to reduce inappropriate prescribing of opioid painkillers, increasing the use of naloxone to reduce […] More »

With the opioid epidemic showing no signs of slowing, a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week aims to save lives by removing the reluctance one may have to step in and help with an overdose. The Opioid Overdose Prevention Act introduced by U.S. Sen Ed Markey, D-Mass.; Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; and […] More »

The Bay State isn’t the top dog when it comes to quality of life for women, according to a new study, but it’s close. In honor of Women’s History Month, WalletHub, a personal finance social network, published “2015’s Best and Worst States for Women.” Massachusetts ranked No. 2 on the list, trailing only Minnesota. Massachusetts […] More »