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WASHINGTON, December 21, 2012 – API released a new report detailing the oil and natural gas industry’s massive spending on environmental performance.

WASHINGTON, December 14, 2012 – API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman said that EPA’s new particulate matter (PM) standards will increase costs and are not justified given existing standards are working.

WASHINGTON, December 12, 2012 – API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman told reporters this afternoon that EPA’s proposed new particulate matter (PM) standards could not be justified on the basis of health benefits.

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, October 25, 2012 – Methane emissions from natural gas production were less than half what had been estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to an updated survey by URS prepared for The American Petroleum Institute (API) and America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA).

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2012 – API Director of Upstream Erik Milito told reporters this morning that results from recent USGS water quality testing in EPA monitoring wells at Pavillion, Wyoming raise serious questions about the adequacy of EPA practices in drilling monitoring wells and testing water samples.

WASHINGTON, September 27, 2012 – API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco told reporters this afternoon that the administration had not done enough addressing problems related to the Renewable Fuels Standard law, in particular the fraudulent RINs (Renewable Identification Number) issue.

WASHINGTON, September 20, 2012 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) welcomed bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Pete Olson (R-Tex.) and Gene Green (D-Tex.) that would fix major flaws in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) renewable fuel credit program.

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2012 – API Downstream Group Director Robert Greco told reporters this morning that the nation’s renewable fuel standard program isn’t working and needs to be revamped and better managed to ensure its long term viability.