Activists Claim Arkansas Oil Spill Diverted Into Wet Lands...

[busterbrown]

Source: Raw Story.

Link speaks for itself..

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/07/activists-claim-arkansas-oil-spill-diverted-into-wetland/

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Check out clean up efforts by oil company with paper towels at about 1:05 of video...
WTF!!!!

[DeSwiss]

1. K&R

- I can sense ''The Exxon Protection Act'' being written as we speak.....


''...because a body of men, holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody....'' ~Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man

[limpyhobbler]

3. I believe you mean the Freedom to Love America Clean Waterways Act. nt

[DeSwiss]

5. Yes well....

...as long a Big Water approves it.




- Because at this point, that's where the cleanest water can be found these days.....

[limpyhobbler]

2. Ark. Attorney General: "Of course there is oil in Lake Conway"

Of course there's oil in the lake. Why wouldn't there be oil in the lake?

http://www.katv.com/story/21889151/mcdaniel

[glinda]

4. Diverting it to wetlands is no better. Horrible!

[summerschild]

13. Diverting it to the wetlands is worse.

It's easier to clean from streets than from swampy terrain/water.

Just to "hide" it? Dumb and makes it worse!

[glinda]

15. exactly

[DallasNE]

6. Where Has The EPA Been On This?

Why haven't they given a deadline for a comprehensive clean-up plan from Exxon. A lot of that oil got down in the storm sewers and that means that those pipes will need to be dug up and dealt with, either steam scrubbed (depending on their condition) or replaced. Some of that footage showed oil on vegetation sticking out of the water but no obvious oil on the surface suggesting that the oil has sunk to the bottom. That means that Lake Conway will have to be lowered by several feet to allow dredging of the fouled wetlands. Cleanup will take a long, long time if it is done right.

[DhhD]

9. Oil Spills are handled through the US Department of the Interior by way of the Minerals Management

Office. Oil companies have a manual on file for clean-up that has been approved by the Department. Persons having problems with health or property through air or other, would be under the EPA. What is the state or county plan for a hazardous spill out on the Interstate Highway?

In Texas, the EPA has backed off of the cleaning up after the 2005 hurricanes. Rick Perry wanted the EPA to leave Texas; they are leaving it alone. More privatization, less clean up, less clean water and clean air.

[DallasNE]

11. Thanks

Wrong department but the same question. When was that manual last updated and does it include bitumen oil? While there would be overlap there are things that are unique as well. Just look at the outcome from that spill in Michigan -- still issues with the clean up effort after 2 years.

[byeya]

14. No, probably not. The EPA has jurisdiction over wetlands if the lands in question meet the new

standards from the 2006 Supreme Court decision. I don't know about the wet lands in question here but I think it's appropriate for the EPA to push as hard as the agency can to monitor and direct the cleanup.
In other words, Do it until and unless a higher authority says you can't.

[ashling]

7. I put this together

[Renew Deal]

8. People need to learn to keep criminals like Exxon, BP, Halliburton, etc. out of their communities

Because all they do is poison the community and once that happens, it's over.

[bahrbearian]

10. Where is Holder on this

Clearly those activist are breaking the law, those videos should not be public. They need to do a better job of protecting Exxon

[ffr]

12. "claim?" Evidence looks pretty concrete

Disgraceful what our species is doing to the planet.