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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, April 7, 2011 – API praised the leadership of Chairman Upton and other members of Congress from both parties who voted to stop EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Marty Durbin, API executive vice president, called today’s action an important step toward stopping the EPA’s regulations and called on the president not to ignore this bipartisan vote:

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard applauded members of Congress who today voted to preserve American jobs by blocking EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Gerard noted that while no single amendment won enough votes to pass in the Senate, “more than 60 Senators - an overwhelming majority – voted in one way or another to keep the EPA from moving forward.” Gerard also called on President Obama to work with this bipartisan group to come to an agreement:

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute today supported the call by Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) for a lease sale off Virginia’s coast, with revenue from the lease to be shared with the state.

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 – API today announced the addition of Carrie Melvin Domnitch to its government relations team as Director of Federal Relations focusing on upstream issues.

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2011 — This April marks the fourth annual National Safe Digging Month, a reminder to all Americans to always call 811 a few days before any digging project.

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2011 – API today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s remarks on environmentally-friendly vehicle fleets for company operations:

API news releases polls of state voters on raising taxes on the oil and gas industry

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2011 – Con Lass, API senior director of federal relations, applauded legislation introduced today by Senator Vitter (R-LA) and Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT) that would increase access to our own domestic energy supplies:

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2011 – The American Petroleum Institute today praised the efforts by Representative Connie Mack (R-Fla.) to draw attention on the need to put Americans back to work, invest billions in the economy, and meet the growing demands for domestic energy.