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The Vote4Energy Campaign also launched a [http://vote4energy.org/ website] which argues that "A Vote For Energy is a vote for more jobs, higher government revenues and greater energy security." the site features a state-by-state breakdown of how states could be impacted by adopting their policies. According to Vote4Energy's [http://vote4energy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Policy-Perspectives.pdf "Policy Perspectives"] sheet, they support opening federal areas that currently do not allow drilling, such as the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, the removal of certain EPA regulations (which the sheet implies are not based on "sound science") and the approval of the [[Keystone XL Pipeline]].
===Oil Sands Fact Check===
In July 2012 the Houston Chronicle reported that API had created the front group [http://oilsandsfactcheck.org/ Oil Sands Fact Check] (OSFC) to promote the [[Keystone XL]] pipeline and tar sands crude as a "safe and secure energy resource."<ref>Steve Horn, [http://www.desmogblog.com/oil-sands-fact-check-new-api-front-group "Oil Sands Fact Check: New API Front Group,"] Desmog Blog, July 10, 2012.</ref>
Source: Desmogblog (http://s.tt/1hrAy)
== Responses to Obama administration actions==
