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limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 03:46 PM Apr 2013

Reporter Threatened With Arrest at Ark. Oil Spill Site

...Song went to the command center in hopes of reaching representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation. She had been told they were working out of the command center, but had been unable to get their names or contact information despite multiple requests to the agencies.

Thousands of barrels of oil from Alberta's tar sands region—similar to the diluted bitumen that would flow through the controversial Keystone XL project—spilled into a residential neighborhood from a pipeline owned by ExxonMobil, forcing the evacuation of 22 homes. Those families are now being housed in hotels at Exxon's expense.

Song had tried to enter the command compound on Tuesday, but was turned away by a security guard. On Wednesday, however, a different guard was on duty and he waved her through the gate. Inside, a second person directed her to the warehouse that houses the command center.

Inside the building, Song went to a table with a sign that said "public affairs," where she was given the name and contact information for Austin Vela, the EPA spokesman at the site. Before she could get the name of a DOT representative, however, Exxon spokeswoman Kim Jordan spotted Song and told her to leave. A second person arrived and said, "You've been asked by security to leave. If you don't you'll be arrested for criminal trespass."
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http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130405/insideclimate-news-reporter-threatened-arrest-ark-oil-spill-site?page=show
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Reporter Threatened With Arrest at Ark. Oil Spill Site (Original Post) limpyhobbler Apr 2013 OP
fuck this shit......n/t dhill926 Apr 2013 #1
And I had someone actually argue that Exxon does not want to cover this up. Lint Head Apr 2013 #2
I guess that's part of their job, to protect the company's reputation. limpyhobbler Apr 2013 #3
The Public makes decisions about energy policy? pscot Apr 2013 #4
Nail on the head!! Lint Head Apr 2013 #5

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
2. And I had someone actually argue that Exxon does not want to cover this up.
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 04:16 PM
Apr 2013

They pointed to the FAA no fly zone saying it was documented how low a no fly zone was structured. The FAA can decide to have a total no fly zone of infinity if they please and Exxon controls what our tax paid police do by paying them under the table. Just my opinion but and educated one.

I would like to know where it is written in regulations and law what orders law enforcement should follow in this circumstance. I see them going outside the law all the time. This circumstance is not a normal situation.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
3. I guess that's part of their job, to protect the company's reputation.
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 04:23 PM
Apr 2013

But the public has a right to know what's going on there. Us. We have a right to see and get info, so we can make decisions about energy policy and stuff like that.

Seems dumb to let Exxon control access when they have so much incentive to cover everything up.

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