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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 17, 2012 – API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman told an EPA hearing in Philadelphia today that the agency’s scientific analysis for its proposal on fine particulate air standards was inadequate and could not justify tightening them.

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2012 – API senior policy advisor Stephanie Meadows told reporters this morning that more collaboration was needed on EPA’s study on hydraulic fracturing and drinking water.

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, June 29, 2012 – API welcomed the introduction of the Phantom Fuel Reform Act of 2012 by Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in the U.S. House of Representatives that would eliminate EPA mandates for the use of biofuels that do not yet exist.

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2012 – API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman said that EPA’s particle standards proposal failed to include all options to improve air quality and could hamper investments in America’s energy future and the U.S. economy.

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2012 - API Upstream Director Erik Milito said that the dunes sagebrush lizard decision is an example of industry, states and the government working together to harmonize continued oil and gas production with conservation efforts.

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 – API’s Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman told reporters this morning that the existing PM 2.5 (fine particle) air quality standard should be among those EPA will consider for its proposed particulate standard rule.

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 – API’s Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman told reporters this morning that a URS study prepared for API and the American Natural Gas Association showed that methane emissions from natural gas production were half what had been previously estimated by EPA. He called the new data the most robust the nation now has on this important subject.

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 - API welcomed the U.S. release of the International Energy Agency (IEA) report “Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas,” noting that the report’s proposals are based on API’s standards and leadership on hydraulic fracturing best practices.