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WASHINGTON, June 8, 2010 — The American Petroleum Institute Tuesday welcomed lifting of the shallow water moratorium but urged reconsideration of the deepwater drilling moratorium:

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2010 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) today issued the following statement regarding the expected proposal by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to split the functions of the Minerals Management Service (MMS):

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2010 - The Auto Alliance, the American Petroleum Institute and the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute urged EPA to delay action on the agency’s proposal to allow higher levels of ethanol in gasoline. Higher levels of ethanol have not been proven safe or effective according to industry projections based on preliminary results of testing introduced today at a meeting of the Mid-Level Ethanol Blends Research Coordination Group.

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2010 – The American Petroleum Institute released the following statement today on the rule the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in issuing that would strengthen vehicle fuel efficiency standards:

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2010 – Greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. oil and natural gas industry declined more than 48 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from 2007 to 2008, a reduction comparable to taking 9.7 million cars off the roads, an American Petroleum Institute-sponsored study estimates.  Among the factors contributing to the reduction is more than $58 billion invested by the industry in low-carbon technologies from 2000 to 2008.

WASHINGTON, January 26, 2010 - API President and CEO Jack Gerard opened a media conference call with the following statement:

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2010 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today on the Environmental Protection Agency’s new short-term nitrogen dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standards:

WASHINGTON, January 7, 2010 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today on EPA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the 2008 ozone standard: