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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Exxon’s Skies: Why Is Exxon Controlling the No-Fly Zone Over Arkansas Tar Sands Spill?

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Source:     Daily Kos
Publication Date:     Wed Apr 03, 2013 at 05:17 PM PDT
 Link: Exxon’s Skies: Why Is Exxon Controlling the No-Fly Zone Over Arkansas Tar Sands Spill?
Stephan:   You have probably noticed, if you have thought about it at all, that you haven't seen the usual aerial video of the Mayflower, Arkansas Tar Sands Spill. The story has passed from public awareness. Why? Carbon energy special interests learned from the BP catastrophe that it is the images that damn them. Their solution: Don't allow those videos to be made. In television no images no ongoing story. It is a measure of the grotesque corruption of the American government, that a company like Exxon can pull this off.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had a ‘no fly zone’ in place in Mayflower, Arkansas since April 1 at 2:12 PM and will be in place ‘until further notice,’ according to the FAA website and it’s being overseen by ExxonMobil itself. In other words, any media or independent observers who want to witness the tar sands spill disaster have to ask Exxon’s permission.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette revealed that the FAA site noted earlier today that ‘only relief aircraft operations under direction of Tom Suhrhoff’ were allowed within the designated no fly zone.

Suhrhoff is not an FAA employee: he works for ExxonMobil as an ‘Aviation Advisor’ and formerly worked as a U.S. Army pilot for 24 years, according to his LinkedIn page.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had a ‘no fly zone’ in place in Mayflower, Arkansas since April 1 at 2:12 PM and will be in place ‘until further notice,’ according to the FAA website and it’s being overseen by ExxonMobil itself. In other words, any media or independent observers who want to witness the tar sands spill disaster have to ask Exxon’s permission.

Mayflower is the site of the recent major March 29 ExxonMobil Pegagus tar sands pipeline spill, which […]

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