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WASHINGTON - As many as 22,200 jobs would be wiped out in Colorado if a climate change bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law, a study shows. The average Colorado household would see its purchasing power drop by as much as $1,100 a year.

WASHINGTON, August 24, 2009 - As many as 65,200 jobs would be wiped out in Indiana if a climate change bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law, a study shows. The average Indiana household would see its purchasing power drop by as much as $1,050 a year

As many as 80,400 jobs would be wiped out in Tennessee if a climate change bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law, a study shows.

WASHINGTON, August 20, 2009 - As many as 18,900 jobs would be wiped out in New Mexico if a climate change bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law, a study shows. The average New Mexico household would see its purchasing power drop by as much as $1,230 a year.

WASHINGTON, August 3, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute today told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that there is no scientific basis for its proposed short-term nitrogen oxide (NO2) national ambient air quality standard. In testimony at an EPA public hearing in Arlington, Virginia, Howard Feldman, director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, said API supports maintaining the current annual NO2 NAAQS of 53 parts per billion because it fully meets the requirement to protect public health.

WASHINGTON, August 20, 2009 - As many as 114,100 jobs would be wiped out in Ohio if a climate change bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law, a study shows. The average Ohio household would see its purchasing power drop by as much as $1,070 a year.

According to the Department of Energy, Canada is our biggest supplier of imported oil and natural gas.

WASHINGTON, August 14, 2009 - As many as 341,000 jobs would be wiped out in Texas if a climate change bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law, a study shows. The average Texas household would see its purchasing power drop by as much as $1,790 a year.

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2009 - U.S. petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) plummeted nearly six percent for the first half of 2009, to the lowest level for the January-to-June period in more than a decade, as the sluggish economy continued to stifle oil consumption.

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today by its President Jack Gerard responding to the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF’s) attack ads targeting API: