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Ed Markey

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Edward John Markey is a United States Senator from Massachusetts, having served since July 24, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Markey previously represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from April 14, 1976, to July 24, 2013. Throughout his career, he has been a strong advocate for environmental issues, telecommunications, and technology policy. Markey played a significant role in the development of legislation aimed at addressing climate change and promoting renewable energy sources.

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Sep 13, 2022

The Cape Cod bridges are a crucial artery connecting 250,000 residents of Cape Cod to the rest of Massachusetts.

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Sep 6, 2022

We will wait for some other country to start producing chips for us, our solar panels, our wind turbans, rather than saying no, we are going to do it here.

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Sep 6, 2022

We should be inviting JBS as well, in terms of what their plans are to reduce greenhouse gases.

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Sep 6, 2022

What would stop that from being the inevitable and inexorable course that this whole discussion would take?

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Sep 6, 2022

We need to take that seriously with actual, real measures.

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Sep 6, 2022

Factory farms produce immense quantities of waste that fuel climate change and pollute the surrounding soil, air, and water.

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Sep 6, 2022

We have to work harder and smarter here and just look at JBS and look at what it does, compared to other industries.

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Sep 6, 2022

It would not improve, in fact, it would harm those communities that are in proximity.

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Sep 6, 2022

Robust air pollution standards are critical to protecting communities.

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Sep 6, 2022

You guys figure out nuclear power plants, brag about it, but energy efficiency, wind and solar, eludes the scientists, eludes the management of the TVA.

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Sep 6, 2022

Again, ultimately, long run, we just have to break this dependence upon oil and natural gas.

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Sep 6, 2022

Given the reliability, cost savings, and climate benefits that renewable energy brings to consumers, it is shocking to me that only 3 percent of TVA's electricity is generated from solar and from wind.

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Sep 6, 2022

It is really bad for a company to be caught speaking out of both sides of its mouth on an important public issue.

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Sep 6, 2022

Climate change has already threatened economic development and the environment and reliable energy production in the region.

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Sep 6, 2022

Companies like Google, and other tech companies, they like to have all renewables in terms of their plants' operation.

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Sep 6, 2022

The core mission of the TVA is just as relevant today as it was when the Authority was created nearly 90 years ago.

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Sep 6, 2022

According to the report, natural gas prices soared 141 percent in June compared to last year, following Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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Sep 6, 2022

Do you agree that climate change threatens the Tennessee Valley region? Do you all agree with that?

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Sep 6, 2022

Some of the poorest, lowest income families in America live in the TVA region.

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Sep 6, 2022

In Massachusetts, which is neither particularly windy nor sunny, 21 percent of our electricity is generated from wind and solar.

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Sep 6, 2022

In addition to bringing down energy costs for consumers, increasing the percentage of renewable energy in the TVA power mix can also attract new businesses to the Tennessee Valley.

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Sep 6, 2022

The TVA can and should foster the kind of innovation that can clean up the region's energy resources, grow union jobs, reduce consumers' energy burdens, improve energy reliability and affordability, and protect the environment, all at the…

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Jul 26, 2022

The fact of the matter is that if the Federal Government gets bias identification and mitigation wrong, it will erode the trust in the efficacy of autonomous systems, especially among everyday citizens whose lives are becoming more…

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Jul 26, 2022

DHS should pause their efforts until American travelers fully understand exactly who has access to their facial recognition data, how long their data will be held, how their information will be safeguarded, and how they can opt out of the…

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Jul 25, 2022

The more we can have your agencies look like the United States of America overseas, I think, the better the response we are going to get from the countries that we are dealing with.

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