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DANSVILLE, NY, November 16, 2011 – In a statement prepared for today's New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) hearing, API Manager of External Mobilization Jon Shore said the "American public and all New Yorkers deserve an accurate and complete analysis of the environmental impacts of high volume hydrofracturing."

WASHINGTON, November 3, 2011—API today said that while it is still reviewing details of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's final study plan to assess hydraulic fracturing, it is confident that a full examination will confirm that hydraulic fracturing poses no significant risk to human health, drinking water resources or the environment.

PITTSBURGH, October 4, 2011 — A two-day hydraulic fracturing workshop began today in Pittsburgh for oil and natural gas industry experts, academics, federal and state officials and regulators. Attendees will discuss industry best practices, regulation, and information sharing related to hydraulic fracturing, a technology indispensable to shale oil and natural gas development.

WASHINGTON, October 4, 2011 – Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania Associate Director Joe Leighton said Governor Corbett's Marcellus Shale agenda is a positive step for the state's economic future:

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WASHINGTON, August 11, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed the shale gas subcommittee’s acknowledgement of the economic and energy security benefits of natural gas development, but said the specific recommendations were disappointing and confusing.

HARRISBURG, August 1, 2011—Changing the city’s charter to ban an important source of energy, and limit possible economic growth and new jobs is the wrong direction for the Pittsburgh City Council, according to the Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG, July 22, 2011—The Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania, a division of the American Petroleum Institute, welcomed the release of Governor Tom Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission’s recommendations. The Commission issued 96 individual recommendations governing all aspects of the development of the Marcellus Shale play.

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute applauded the Department of Energy’s dialogue on the development of America’s vast natural gas resources. API cautioned the Department not to stifle the development of one of the cleanest forms of energy through unneeded red tape.

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2011 – American Petroleum Institute Upstream Director Erik Milito today urged the U.S. Department of Energy to rely upon the robust best practices already in place for natural gas and hydraulic fracturing activities