API launches new ad campaign urging Congressional approval of KXL

API Downstream Operations Senior Manager, Refining and Oilsands, Cindy Schild said after years of delays and excuses by the President, it is now time for Congress to take the lead and approve the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline.

“It’s time for members of the Senate to vote yes on KXL and take a stand for middle class Americans who desperately need and want the thousands of jobs Keystone XL would create,” said Schild. “The benefits of this vital energy infrastructure project have been held hostage for more than five years. The administration’s shameful politics of ‘process’ should not trump what is in the best interest of this nation’s energy and economic future.”

API has launched new TV, radio and online ads in Colorado, Delaware, Minnesota, New Mexico and South Dakota urging Senators to approve the KXL pipeline. The message: it is time to take action and put politics aside.

“Americans overwhelmingly want KXL built and are telling their lawmakers in Washington. API’s grassroots army of more than 24 million American energy advocates is urging elected officials to support KXL legislation.

“A vote for the bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Hoeven and Landrieu is a vote against Washington gridlock and game-playing. After five exhaustive studies confirming no significant environmental impacts, the Obama administration’s announcement that it needs more time to make a decision is a joke.”

API represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 600 members produce, process, and distribute most of the nation’s energy. The industry also supports 9.8 million US jobs and 8% of the US economy.

Adapted from press release by Hannah Priestley-Eaton

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