U.S. motorists sue Big Oil over "hot fuel"
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U.S. truck and car drivers have sued 17 oil companies and gasoline and diesel retailers claiming their service stations overcharge at the pump for fuel that's hotter than an industry standard.
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U.S. and Alaskan authorities  on Thursday demanded $92.2 million from Exxon Mobil for  environmental damages linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.
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To Texas litigator Scott Summy, methyl tertiary butyl ether, the gasoline additive that reduces air pollution, is the devil--and his savior. He claims to have proof that Big Oil knew that MTBE-laced gasoline would leak out of filling station tanks into the ground and contaminate water supplies across America--and is therefore culpable in a big public hazard. "We are talking about the public's drinking water, and these guys have intentionally contaminated it to the largest scale ever in this country," says Summy.
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ExxonMobil's legal battle rages 18 years after the oil spill, as the case is likely headed to the Supreme Court.
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Montana jury orders oil firm to pay up over gas pipeline leak from 1955; company plans to appeal. NEW YORK  - A Montana jury ordered ChevronTexaco Corp., the number two US oil company, to pay $40.3 million for environmental damage from a gasoline ...
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More drivers are turning to a fuel made from the chemical reaction of mixing animal fat or vegetable oil with methanol and lye.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - U.S. and Alaskan authorities   on Thursday demanded $92.2 million from Exxon Mobil XOM.N for   environmental damages linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.
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U.S. drivers could again face $2 a  gallon gasoline now that crude oil has topped a record $50 a  barrel, government experts said on Tuesday.
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Venezuela accused Exxon Mobil of legal "terrorism" on Friday after the giant U.S. oil company won court orders freezing $12 billion of the South American oil supplier's assets in a dispute at the heart of a worldwide tussle for control of natural resources.
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U.S. tobacco companies have been hit with thousands of new lawsuits in Florida from smokers and their families seeking compensation before Friday's court-imposed deadline for filing individual claims in what is shaping up as a major challenge for the industry.
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California sued six of the   world's largest automakers over global warming on Wednesday,   charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused   billions of dollars in damages.
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Venezuela accused Exxon Mobil of legal  "terrorism" on Friday after the giant oil company won court  orders freezing $12 billion of the major crude supplier's  assets in a dispute at the heart of a worldwide fight for  control of natural resources.
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New York State moved to sue Exxon Mobil and four other companies to force them to clean up millions of gallons of oil lying under Greenpoint.
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The Supreme Court will decide whether a $2.5 billion punitive damages award against Exxon Corp. -- now Exxon Mobil -- for its role in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was excessive.
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The New York State attorney general said on Thursday he planned to sue Exxon Mobil Corp.  over a decades-old oil spill in New York City.
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New York&#39;s main crude oil contract shot to a record high of $55.45 a barrel on Friday amid deepening concern over US stocks of winter heating fuel.
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Oil prices pushed toward record peaks on  Thursday after a larger-than-expected decline in heating fuels  in the United States heightened fears of a winter supply  crunch.