News tagged with 'MTBE'

The two remaining defendants involved in an MTBE underground water contamination lawsuit agreed to settle with the plaintiff Monday for more than $28 million. The agreement ends a three year battle waged by the South Tahoe Public Utility District, which sued 16 corporations in 1998 after MTBE contamination forced the

A San Francisco Superior Court jury recently found Shell Oil, Tosco Corporation and Lyondell Co., formerly Arco, responsible for polluting Lake Tahoe groundwater with the gasoline additive MTBE. The verdict ends a three year battle waged by the South Tahoe Public Utility District, which sued the oil corporations in 19

Originally, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) was added to gasoline in order to help the environment. Unfortunately, today it seems to be having the opposite effect. The chemical, which is added to gasoline to limit air pollution, is now thought to be a carcinogen. MTBE is contaminating soil and water across the Nat

In 1998, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), a San Francisco environmental group, filed suit against Texaco, Chevron, Shell, Arco, Unocal, Tosco, Equilon Enterprises, Exxon, and Mobil, claiming that the companies knew the gasoline additive Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) could leak into local groundwater sup

In a groundbreaking move, Exxon Corporation recently settled a lawsuit claiming its gasoline, which contains the additive MTBE, was defectively manufactured and contaminated the South Lake Tahoe utility district's drinking water supply. The company will pay the utility district $12 million to settle the suit. While mos

Illinois Governor George Ryan recently signed a bill banning the gasoline additive MTBE beginning in 2004. Ryan believes the ban will help corn farmers as ethanol, another gasoline additive and alternative to MTBE, is made from corn. MTBE and ethanol are the main additives employed to help gasoline burn cleaner.