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WASHINGTON, November 27, 2012 – API Downstream Group Director Robert Greco told reporters this morning that the federal Renewable Fuels Standard should be eliminated because it is not working well and because it will force higher concentrations of ethanol in gasoline that could harm vehicles.

WASHINGTON, November 27, 2012 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its decision to mandate the use of 1.28 billion gallons of biodiesel in 2013, a 28 percent increase from the 2012 requirement.

WASHINGTON, August 17, 2012 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) was disappointed by a divided decision in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) approval of a blend of 15 percent ethanol with 85 percent gasoline (E15) for model year 2001 and newer cars.

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit with the D.C. Circuit Court late yesterday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) mandated use of nonexistent cellulosic biofuels in the 2011 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2012 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard told a congressional subcommittee today that while America’s Renewable Fuels Standard law had increased use of ethanol and other biofuels, implementation of the law’s requirements was becoming increasingly difficult and could hurt consumers. The volume requirements in the law could soon require concentrations of ethanol in gasoline above levels known to be safe.

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today denied the American Petroleum Institute’s (API’s) request to eliminate mandates for biofuels that do not exist, and the agency continues to fine refiners for not using them.

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 – API’s President and CEO Jack Gerard told reporters this morning that testing by the Coordinating Research Council showed that use of E15 – gasoline with 15 percent ethanol – could harm car and truck engines, potentially affecting millions of cars and trucks.

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 – In a conference call with reporters today, API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco discussed a new analysis of EPA’s regulations to allow higher amounts of ethanol in gasoline (E15), which showed that “an estimated half of all gasoline station equipment is not compatible with E15” and said that this could result in serious safety and environmental problems for consumers.

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012 – Warning that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could be putting consumers at risk, API criticized EPA’s decision to approve higher levels of ethanol in gasoline (E15) before testing is complete.

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2012 - The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit with the D.C. Circuit Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) unachievable requirements for use of cellulosic biofuels in the 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).