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WASHINGTON JUNE 16, 2011 ─ Today API strongly backed the bipartisan North American-Made Energy Act that requires the Administration to make a decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline by November 1. The vote by the Energy and Commerce Committee to move the legislation forward is a sign that lawmakers understand the enormous job creating benefits of this shovel-ready project.

WASHINGTON, MAY 23, 2011 ─ The bipartisan, North American-Made Energy Act, that would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline by November 1, is an important driver of U.S. economic growth and job creation, according to API.

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2011 ─ API today welcomed thesupport from Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and the state's two U.S. Senators James Inhofe (R) and Tom Coburn (R) for the Keystone XL pipeline. The officials sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for the expeditious approval of a cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2011 ─ The latest U.S. State Department environmental analysis to the Keystone XL project is a positive indicator for eventual approval of the project. The analysis found “no new issues of substance” and “does not alter the conclusions reached in the draft EIS regarding the need for and the potential impacts of the proposed Project.”

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2011 ─ Nearly seventy U.S. mayors from across the nation and a coalition of thirty Minnesota lawmakers sent letters in the past week to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the State Department to swiftly approve the Keystone XL Pipeline project, which would bring more Canadian oil to U.S. Gulf coast refineries and greatly enhance America’s energy security.

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2011 – A group of over 60 U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, Army and Navy veterans sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today expressing concern for America’s energy security and urging the State Department to expeditiously approve the Keystone XL Pipeline project, which would bring Canadian oil to U.S. Gulf coast refineries.

WASHINGTON, January 27, 2011 – API called on the U.S. Department of State today to approve the Keystone pipeline project as soon as possible “as a matter of critical national interest.” The pipeline, which would be built by TransCanada Corporation, would be part of a pipeline system bringing oil from Alberta’s oil sands region in Canada to U.S. refineries.