“Lawyers for ExxonMobil claim MTBE did exactly what it was supposed to — replace lead in gasoline and cut smog in compliance with the 1990 Clean Air Act.”
“Lawyers for ExxonMobil claim MTBE did exactly what it was supposed to — replace lead in gasoline and cut smog in compliance with the 1990 Clean Air Act.”
Heads, theEPA wins. Tails, everybody else loses.
If the EPA can launch a lawsuit for not using a type of biofuel that doesn’t exist outside the laboratory, it can certainly sue for damages that result from following its requirements. It makes a crude sort of sense, but the underlying rationale is appalling.