In article , Marv Soloff says...

You have to give Bush credit:

Heck, that's *nothing*. You should see what
rep Tom DeLay tried to push through - a 'get out
of jail free, no lawsuits' rider to the recent
energy bill. It would have immunized companies
like Lyondell Chemical from state lawsuits
involving contaminated drinking water wells.

Of course this involves MTBE, the oxygenate
that reduced pollution by 10 percent and decreases
gas mileage by 12 percent.

No suprise, Lyondell was the biggest single
contributor to DeLay's 2004 campaign. The
best politicans money can buy - purchased
by the Oxygenated Fuels Association, the
folks who lobbied long and hard to get MTBE
added into gas in the first place.

And oddly enough, one of the guys who stood up
to them and filubustered the rider to a halt
was that favorite evil-doer, Chuck Shumer.
Every cloud has an MTBE-free lining.

Jim

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