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WASHINGTON, April 4, 2013 – EPA’s new Tier 3 regulations on gasoline would not provide measurable ozone air quality benefits, according to a study released today by API.

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2013 – EPA’s proposed Tier 3 fuel regulations could raise refiners’ costs, provide little or no environmental benefit, and actually increase carbon emissions, according to API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco.

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard said that Gina McCarthy’s nomination as President Obama’s next EPA administrator comes at critical moment as America is poised to become a global energy superpower.

WASHINGTON, February 27, 2013 – API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco welcomed legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today by Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) that would stop EPA’s premature approval of higher levels of ethanol in gasoline, known as E15.

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2013 – API criticized EPA for ignoring a recent court decision in its 2013 proposed mandate for nonexistent cellulosic biofuel.

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2013 – EPA sent new fuel regulations to the Office of Management and Budget for final review that would raise costs, provide little or no environmental benefit, and actually increase carbon emissions, according to API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco.

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2013 ─ API Director of Marine and Security Issues Robin Rorick announced today the launch of www.ioscproceedings.com, a new website that hosts research papers presented every three years at the International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC). The site will enable greater sharing of best practices and latest technologies among industry, government and other stakeholders, as well as promote safe operations around the world.

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2013 – Use of the ethanol gasoline blend E15 may endanger fuel systems in millions of 2001 and newer vehicles, API Group Director of Downstream and Industry Operations Bob Greco told reporters this morning, citing newly completed research by the Coordinating Research Council, an organization created and supported by the oil and auto industries.

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2013 – API welcomed today’s decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals that rejected EPA’s 2012 mandate for refiners to use cellulosic biofuel, which is not commercially available.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2013 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed the Bureau of Land Management decision to take proposed federal hydraulic fracturing regulations back to the drawing board.