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Arkansas AG Sets Apr. 10 Deadline for Exxon to Produce Oil Spill Documents

2013-04-04 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has set an April 10 deadline for ExxonMobil to produce documents connected to the company's oil spill in Mayflower. McDaniel issued a subpoena earlier this week for Exxon's investigative and inspection reports, videos and other data regarding the Pegasus pipeline that ruptured last week in central Arkansas. Exxon has said it will comply with McDaniel's subpoena. A corrective action order from federal pipeline safety officials say about 3,500 to 5,000...

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More Oiled Animals Found After Arkansas Oil Spill

2013-04-04 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Officials say at least 16 oily birds, seven turtles, nine reptiles, a beaver and a muskrat have been recovered for treatment since an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured last week in central Arkansas. Authorities are urging people not to touch any injured or oiled animals as crews clean up Friday's spill in Mayflower, a small town about 20 miles northwest of Little Rock. Crews have also recovered thousands of barrels of oil and water since an ExxonMobil pipeline sprung a leak and spewed oil onto lawns...

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Exxon Mobil Promises to Cover Oil Spill Cleanup Costs in Arkansas

2013-04-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNN: Exxon Mobil will pay all of the costs related to last week's oil spill in an Arkansas neighborhood, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Between 3,500 and 5,000 barrels of heavy crude leaked from a ruptured pipeline -- not 12,000 barrels, as previously reported, according to Exxon Mobil spokesman Alan Jeffers. The company has no timeline yet for when the cleanup around the two dozen homes in a Mayflower, Arkansas, subdivision would be completed, Jeffers said. Excavation of the contaminated...

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