In December 2007 Markey became the first US politician to use Second Life , through which he addressed the delegates of the UNFCCC in Bali as part of OneClimate 's Virtual Bali event . It was estimated that the carbon dioxide he saved by not flying to Bali was around 5.5 tons . Pressure from Markey prompted BP to provide a live underwater video feed showing oil leaking out of a pipe in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 . Markey has been a longtime critic of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) and has been critical of the NRC 's decision-making on the proposed Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design and the NRC response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Ed Markey