Exxon controls skies over Arkansas oil spill The oil giant can deny permission to journalists, observers in fly zone over tar sands disaster

DeSmog Blog's Steve Horn Thursday drew attention to an interesting detail in the Arkansas ExxonMobil oil spill story. He notes, "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."

This means that any journalists or observers wishing to survey the tar sands disaster and cleanup efforts must ask the Pegasus pipeline owner for permission. Via Horn:

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