( August 13, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge partially granted summary judgment in favor of Pennsylvania gas station operators and owners in a long-running water contamination lawsuit related to methyl tertiary butyl ether XE "methyl tertiary butyl
ether" (MTBE) after determining that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is not permitted to seek damages for two categories of MTBE-contaminated sites because the future remediation costs related to those sites are speculative....