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Related: About this forumReporter Threatened With Arrest at Ark. Oil Spill Site
Thousands of barrels of oil from Alberta's tar sands regionsimilar to the diluted bitumen that would flow through the controversial Keystone XL projectspilled 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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dhill926
(16,234 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)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)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.
pscot
(21,023 posts)Not in this America.