Oil Companies: Rhode Island’s MTBE Lawsuit Fails To ‘Allege Causation Required’

(December 20, 2016, 1:37 PM EST) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A group of oil refining and gasoline companies on Dec. 15 filed a joint brief in Rhode Island federal court contending that the state’s lawsuit alleging that the companies are liable for contaminating the state’s groundwater with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) should be dismissed because the state “insufficiently alleges” standing and “fails to allege the causation required” for its claims (State of Rhode Island v. Alon Refining Krotz Springs, No. 16-495, D. R.I.)....

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