BP, Chevron Among Refiners Sued by Vermont Over MTBE
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BP Plc, Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are among two dozen U.S. refiners sued by Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell and accused of polluting the state’s groundwater with a gasoline additive.
Sorrell filed the case today in state court in Montpelier, the capital. The refiners promoted, marketed and distributed gasoline containing the additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, or MTBE, knowing that it posed “unprecedented risks” to groundwater, Sorrell’s office said in a statement.