Energy Bill May Have $4 Bln Industry Payment for MTBE
Friday, July 22nd, 2005 President George W. Bush’s energy bill may include a provision for companies such as Lyondell Chemical Co. to pay $2 billion to $4 billion into a fund to clean up drinking water polluted by the gasoline additive MTBE.
Makers of the chemical and refiners who put it in gasoline would get protection from lawsuits in return […]