Federal lawmakers consider changes in gasoline to protect water from possible carcinogenGasoline prices could rise if MTBE banned; ethanol producers aren’t prepared to produce enough to replace it Bart Jansen Associated Press Writer
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer held up a jar of drinking water that smelled like turpentine to give lawmakers a sniff of the problems from a chemical that reduces air pollution but also ruins groundwater.
The water from Santa Monica was tainted with the gasoline additive MTBE, which helped cut peak ozone....
[additional news subjects in this story]
MTBE used to meet Congressional requirement Gasoline prices could rise 6-7 cents per gallon
You must be logged in to view this story. Please either log in or subscribe.
Click here to subscribe to Petroleum News for as low as $89 per year.
Subscribers log in here to read the entire newspaper (1998 to 09/22/2019)
Print this story | Email it to an associate.
Petroleum News - Phone: 1-907 522-9469 - Fax: 1-907 522-9583
[email protected] --- https://www.petroleumnews.com ---
S U B S C R I B E
Copyright Petroleum Newspapers of Alaska, LLC (Petroleum News)(PNA)©1999-2019 All rights reserved. The content of this article and web site may not be copied, replaced, distributed, published, displayed or transferred in any form or by any means except with the prior written permission of Petroleum Newspapers of Alaska, LLC (Petroleum News)(PNA). Copyright infringement is a violation of federal law subject to criminal and civil penalties.
| 