(2004-08-25) Mtbe Liability

One piece of the Energy Policy scrapped last year was a giveaway protecting MTBE manufacturers from Liability (this gasoline additive tends to spread widely from underground tank leaks and seriously pollute the water table).

• tallying some of the Lobbying dollars

• Daniel Glick has a piece in the Aug2004 Harpers Magazine, not online yet.

• one of the arguments has been that the government mandated use of MBTE, but that's bogus