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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: API Press [Press@api.org] 5/15/2018 7:40:56 PM API Press [Press@api.org] NEWS: Oil, natural gas industry leads effort to make our air cleaner through low-carbon technologies, says new study IMPOSSIiLl.OlS 202.682.8114 | press@api.org Oil, natural gas industry leads effort to make our air cleaner through low-carbon technologies, says new study WASHINGTON, May 15, 2018 - API today released a new study highlighting the natural gas and oil industry's leadership in making our air cleaner through increased investments in renewables and other low-carbon technologies. "The natural gas and oil industry is a leader in the development and deployment of greenhouse gas reducing technologies," said API Vice President of Regulatory and Economic Policy Kyle Isakower. "It shows that our enleacaotdioninnogmcatyhn."elewaodrldtheinwthoerldreidnuecntioenrgoyfpcraordbuocntioenm, issstrieonngs,thwehnicohuraerecoanto2m5-yyeaanrdlocrwesataecrgoososdt-hpeayeinngtirjeobUs.Sw.hile Key points from the study: The natural gas and oil industry is a leading investor in zero and low-carbon technology, investing more tinhdauns$tr1ie0s8. billion between 2000-2016, that's more than double the investments of each of the next two In 2016 the natural gas and oil industry reported the largest GHG reduction to date compared to the previous year - GHG reductions of more than 57 MM tons of CO equivalent. That's the amount of carbon that would be captured by more than 5.4 billion, 10-year-old evergreen and pine trees. U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are at 25-year lows due to increased natural gas use while global emissions have risen 50 percent over the same timeframe. "The natural gas and oil industry's commitment to investing in low-carbon technologies has been fundamentally taimhdapdteoedrtc.aonntotmo iocugrrcoowuthn,tryte'schbnrooalodgiecfafol ritntnoovreadtiuocneaenmdiessnivoinrosnamnednhtaellpsttehweaerdnsvihroipnmgoenhta.nTdoidnahya'snsdt,u" dIsyaiksopwroeor f The study, prepared for API by T2and Associates, is available on the API website. AsuPpIpisortthse1o0n.3lymnialltioionnaUl.Str.adjoebsasasnodcinaetiaornlyre8ppreesrceenntitnogfathllefaUc.eSts. eocfothneomoiyl.aAnPdIn'samtuorarel gthaasnin6d2u5stmrye, mwhbiecrhs include large integrated companies, as well as exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms. They provide most of the nation's energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 45 million Americans. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00072680-00001 ### Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00072680-00002