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Letter to Secretary Kerry re: Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Project Draft EIS | Apr 10 2013

Dear Secretary Kerry:

The Institute for 21st Century Energy (Energy Institute) is an affiliate of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, and dedicated to promoting, protecting, and defending America’s free enterprise system. The Energy Institute believes that construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project is in our nation’s best interest, and is pleased to submit these comments supporting TransCanada’s Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project and the findings of the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) published in March 2013.

Letter in Support of the “Northern Route Approval Act” | Apr 9 2013

Dear Representative Terry:

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, and dedicated to promoting, protecting, and defending America’s free enterprise system, supports H.R. 3, the “Northern Route Approval Act,” which would remove the requirement for a Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline as described in the application filed by TransCanada on May 4, 2012. In addition, H.R. 3 would also set clear parameters for judicial review of, as well as streamline the permitting process for, Keystone XL.

Letter in Support of the Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 | Feb 27 2013

Dear Senator Vitter and Representative Bishop:

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region, strongly supports the “Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013,” which would help meet the growing demand for energy in the United States by removing barriers that delay the regulatory approval process for new energy projects.

Letter regarding Federal Government actions on Climate Change | Feb 8 2013

Dear Senator Whitehouse and Representative Waxman:

Thank you for your letter of January 31, 2013. As you requested, the Chamber has forwarded to relevant members your appeal for input on actions the federal government could take on climate change, asking that they send any ideas they may have directly to your offices.

Letter to the European Union re: Fuel Quality Directive | Feb 7 2013

Dear Dr. Klingbeil:

AFPM, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, is a trade association representing high-tech American manufacturers of virtually the entire United States (U.S.) supply of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, other fuels and home heating oil, as well as the petrochemicals used as building blocks for thousands of vital products in daily life. AFPM members manufacture virtually all the fuel and petrochemicals produced in the U.S., as well as fuels that are in some cases exported to the European Union (EU). As such, our businesses will be directly and adversely affected if the European Commission adopts the proposed amendment to the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) that would require separate reporting values for products derived from oil sands and oil shale crudes.

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