API - Decision on dunes sagebrush lizard underscores importance of practical energy strategy

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:

?The oil and gas industry has worked tirelessly with federal agencies, including the Fish and Wildlife Service, state agencies, conservation organizations, ranchers and other stakeholders to develop and implement a far-reaching, voluntary collaborative management program and cooperative conservation agreements for protection of the dunes sagebrush lizard.

?It is critical that the federal government embrace a practical, long-term energy strategy that harmonizes conservation with continued energy development. This positive decision helps to ensure that oil and gas production can continue to drive the economy forward through job creation, revenue generation and energy security.?

API represents more than 500 oil and natural gas companies, leaders of a technology-driven industry that supplies most of America?s energy, supports 9.2 million U.S. jobs and 7.7 percent of the U.S. economy, delivers $86 million a day in revenue to our government, and, since 2000, has invested over $2 trillion in U.S. capital projects to advance all forms of energy, including alternatives.

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