While the gasoline additive MTBE was a relatively small element of the federal government’s efforts to address air pollution more than a decade ago, it now occupies center stage as a key issue related ...

Major oil companies' multimillion-dollar payment to 153 public water systems to cleanse wells of a potentially carcinogenic gasoline additive could grow if more tainted wells are discovered over the ...

The truth regarding the ethanol debate: 1) In 1980, farmers received 62 percent of the food dollar. Today it is 37 percent. 2) In the mid 1980s, oil companies convinced the EPA to allow MTBE (methyl ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lyondell Chemical Co. , the world's largest maker of gasoline additive MTBE, under fire as a suspected carcinogen, on Tuesday said it was prepared to cease production of the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania on Thursday sued a long list of oil companies over the groundwater pollution caused by leaks and spills of gasoline containing the additive MTBE, and also alleged ...

CHICAGO, July 2 (Reuters) - New Jersey is suing energy companies over fuel additive MTBE, saying the chemical has leaked from underground storage tanks to pollute ground water supplies and rivers, ...

The gasoline additive, MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether), a suspected human carcinogen is showing up in drinking water across the country. Fifty California communities have lost their drinking water ...