Letters and Comments
API Letter on Proposed NOPEC Legislation
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Letter from API President and CEO Mike Sommers to U.S. Sens. Richard Durbin and Chuck Grassley, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, outlining the API's opposition to the proposed No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Acts of 2022.
API Comments on EPA’s Proposed Methane Rule
Monday, January 31, 2022
API comments on the EPA’s proposed “Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review” (86 FR 63110, November 15, 2021).
Methane Fee Opposition Letter
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and 130 energy, manufacturing, business and labor trade organizations across the natural gas and oil supply chain issued a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works opposing the Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021.
API Comments on OMB's Interim TSD for the Social Cost of GHGs
Monday, June 21, 2021
API comments in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s Notice of Availability and Request for Comments on the “Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates Under Executive Order 13990.
API Letter to EPA on 2021-2022 RVO NPRM
Monday, June 21, 2021
API letter sent to EPA on the upcoming proposed rulemaking for the RFS Volume Standards for 2021 and 2022.
API Response to SEC Request for Public Input on Climate Disclosures
Monday, June 14, 2021
API highlights industry progress in climate reporting to the SEC.
API Letter to Biden administration on Mexico's Discriminatory Actions Against U.S. Investors
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Letter from API President and CEO Mike Sommers to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Trade Representative Katherine Tai outlining Mexico's continued efforts to discriminate against U.S. investors in violation of its commitments under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
API comments on DOI review of the federal oil and natural gas program
Thursday, April 15, 2021
The American Petroleum Institute submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Interior on the importance of continued natural gas and oil leasing and development on federal lands and waters for U.S. economic growth and climate progress.
API Comments on the Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap
Friday, November 13, 2020
The American Petroleum Institute Colorado (API CO) submitted comments on the September 30, 2020 Public Review Draft of the Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap (GHG Roadmap). API CO appreciates the work put into the draft proposal by the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) and the Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) and looks forward to working with staff to support the achievement of the state’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction targets.