The Press and Public Are Contained, Even if the Tar Sands Oil Isn't
By William Boardman
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The first "Tar Sands Oil Arkansas" [1](on April 7)[1] discussed a number of questions raised by the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline that burst in Mayflower, Arkansas, on March 29, pumping tar sands oil -- technically Wabasca Heavy crude oil -- into a residential neighborhood for almost an hour.
Among the questions touched on in that piece were protecting the pipeline from terrorists, residents suing ExxonMobil in federal court, the nature of Wabasca Heavy tar sands oil, some effects of the spill, and the "martial law" atmosphere described by reporters trying to look at the cleanup site.
As the second week of toxic air in Mayflower begins, here are some more of the questions it raises and some of the current answers, subject to future refinement. A reader writes:
What is the point of
origin of the leak? In front of whose house? Why no image of the hole in the
ground or in the pipe? Was it corrosion, a weld failure, sabotage by cutting or
explosives, or WHAT? Do we have to wait for NTSB for answers? Is Exxon Mobil
and their execs too big to jail?
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