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== Responses to Obama administration actions==
===2012 election spending===
In the 2012 election cycle API gave nearly half a million to the following groups running political ads against Democrats and in support of Republicans:<ref>Lee Fang, [http://www.thenation.com/blog/171529/saudi-led-oil-lobby-group-financed-2012-dark-money-attack-ads# "Saudi-Led Oil Lobby Group Financed 2012 Dark Money Attack Ads,"] The Nation, Nov 29, 2012.</ref>
* $50,000 to [[Americans for Prosperity]]’s 501(c)(4) group, which ran ads against President Obama and congressional Democrats.
* $412,969 to [[Coalition for American Jobs]]’ 501(c)(6) group, a [[front group]] set up by API lobbyists to air ads.
* $25,000 to the [[Sixty Plus Association]]’s 501(c)(4), which ran ads against congressional Democrats.
In addition, API president [[Jack Gerard]] was a close ally to the Mitt Romney campaign.
===Center for Offshore Safety===
In March 2011 the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute approved the creation of the Center for Offshore Safety to address industry safety and environmental performance. <ref>Reid Porter, "[http://www.api.org/Newsroom/offshore-safety.cfm ' API: Board of Directors Approves Industry Center for Offshore Safety],"API.org, March 17, 2011.</ref> This action follows recommendations made by the Presidential Oil Spill Commission investigations in response to the BP [[Deepwater Horizon]] / Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that occurred in 2010. Some industry analysts question whether the center, which will be headquartered in Houston and is funded by API and its oil and gas industry members, can remain independently objective. <ref>Tom Fowler, Jennifer Dlouhy, "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/7477258.html ' Oil and gas industry creates offshore safety institute. Houston-based operation will be independent, industry's API vows],"Houston Chronicle, March 17, 2011.</ref><ref>Houston Chronicle, "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/7490337.html ' Promises to keep. We welcome the offshore safety center here while worrying about its API affiliation.],"Houston Chronicle, March 24, 2011.</ref>
===Other climate policy-related actions===
