The Daily Glob

"InsideClimate News Reporter Threatened With Arrest at Ark. Oil Spill Site"

"ExxonMobil said Lisa Song would be charged with criminal trespass if she didn’t leave the command center where federal authorities are working."

"Media Faces Barriers Covering Arkansas Oil Spill"

"The news media in Arkansas is finding it harder to cover the Mayflower oil spill."

"Reporters Say Exxon Is Impeding Spill Coverage in Arkansas"

"Reporters covering the oil spill from ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas, are reporting that they've been blocked from the site and threatened with arrest."

"At Oil Spill Cleanup in Arkansas, Exxon Running the Show, Not Federal Agencies"

"Jay Carney, White House spokesperson, said the EPA is the federal on-scene coordinator, but the reality on the ground is a different story."

"Shocking Aerial Video Shows Magnitude of Arkansas Oil Spill, as Cleanup Continues and Frustration at Exxon Grows"

"It has been nearly a week since the ExxonMobil Pegasus oil pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas, spilling an estimated 12,000 barrels of oil and chemicals into a suburban neighborhood and nearby body of water."

"Exxon's Unfriendly Skies: Why Does Exxon Control the No-Fly Zone Over Arkansas Tar Sands Spill?"

"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."

"Exxon Oil Spill Could Be 40% Larger Than Company Estimates, EPA Figures Show"

"If EPA’s highest number of 7,000 barrels turns out to be correct, the Ark. spill would be roughly a third the size of Michigan's 2010 dilbit disaster."

"Arkansas Town in Lockdown After Oil Spill Nightmare"

"Since thick black sludge first began oozing across backyards and into the streets, surprising many residents who say they didn’t even realize the pipeline was there, the company has instituted something like martial law."

"Another Report of Exxon Overreach in Oil Spill"

"A disturbing report from a website of a group that opposes pipelines for tar sand transport, such as the one that ruptured near Mayflower. According to this account, Faulkner County deputies ordered them off private property near the oil spill despite their having permission from a private landowner to be on the property, unevacuated homes that lie as close to the spill site, but separated by trees, as some of the evacuated residences." Max Brantley reports for Arkansas Blog April 5, 2013.

"Exxon Controls Skies Over Arkansas Oil Spill"

"The oil giant can deny permission to journalists, observers in fly zone over tar sands disaster."

"Pipeline Spills Call Attention To Keystone XL"

"From Michigan to Arkansas, a series of recent oil spills have raised doubts about the proposed tar sands pipeline."