I've been going out to Western AR/Eastern OK on the weekends and drive past the clean up crews. They have been working 24/7 since the spill. I've heard from a lady friend they are having to hold Exxon's feet to the fire wrt the clean up but from what I can tell it's being done. She was happy their voices were being heard.
Activists claim Arkansas oil spill diverted into wetland
.. excuse if this feels old .. am just catching up .. :)
By Stephen C. Webster Sunday, April 7, 2013 16:59 EDT
A man examines oil on his hand at the site of an Exxon pipeline rupture in Arkansas. Photo: Flickr user Tar Sands Blockade, creative commons licensed.
Activists with the group Tar Sands Blockade published new videos on Sunday .. http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/exxonspill-dispatches-4/ .. showing oil from the Arkansas pipeline rupture purportedly diverted from a residential neighborhood into a wetland area to keep it out sight and, most importantly, out of the media.
While it’s not clear if the oil was intentionally moved into the wetland, the company says it is cleaning pavement with power washing devices, which could cause some of the oil to be pushed off neighborhood streets and into other areas.
“I don’t have allergies,” a man who lives on Lake Conway told tar sands activists. “But now my sinuses are bothering me. My throat’s bothering me. My eyes water constantly. But they [Exxon] act like nothing’s wrong. They don’t have to live here, we do. And we’re not moving just because of them.”
The activists noted that they were turned away from the area several times before by police and Exxon spill cleanup workers, but they returned on Saturday just before sundown and managed to sneak in to capture footage of the oiled wetlands. In two separate videos .. http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/exxonspill-dispatches-4/ , nearby residents say they’ve been made sick my the spill, which has tremendously affected their air quality.
Video of Lake Conway’s wetlands shows thousands of what Exxon called “absorbent pads” — which appear to be nothing more than paper towels — littering the blackened landscape as thick, soupy crude bubbles across the water’s surface. The company insists that air quality in the affected region is being measured by the Environmental Protection Agency, and that tests show “levels that are either non-detect or that are below any necessary action levels.” Exxon also says that the area’s drinking water remains unaffected.
A phone number given by Exxon to reach the company’s “downstream media relations” team did not appear to be correct, and a spokesperson was not available for comment.
This video was published to YouTube on April 6, 2013.
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