Green New Deal Author Sen. Ed Markey Broke 'No Fossil Fuel Money' Pledge

#SignthePledge @350 @NoFossilMoney @350Mass @sunrisemvmt pic.twitter.com/aIIoz3hfO9— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) December 17, 2018By signing, Markey promised to refuse campaign donations totaling more than $200 from executives, PACs, and lobbyists representing companies “whose primary business is the extraction, processing, distribution, or sale of oil, gas, or coal.”In a video to accompany his announcement, Markey claimed the planet “is running a fever” and the only prescription is “to get fossil fuel money out of politics.” “That’s the only way that we’re going to send a message that we’re putting the health of the planet, the health of families, over the health of profits of big polluting companies in our country,” the senator said as he signed the pledge. “I don’t need their dirty money, if they’re going to be dirtying up the world.”“Just a guarantee that we’re going to have a fight to save the planet and the health of every family in the country,” he added while holding up the signed document for view.Despite Markey’s strong denunciation of “dirty money,” the senator continued to accept contributions from registered oil and gas lobbyists throughout the first half of 2019. Castagenetti’s firm has been paid a total of $460,000 by Chevron throughout March 2019 to “monitor bills and regulations related to the oil and gas industry.”  Another Chevron lobbyist, Brian Arthur Pomper, donated $2,000 to Markey’s campaign on March 28.