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Posted Fri Apr 5 2013: from Treehugger:
Exxon won't pay into cleanup fund because oil spilled in Arkansas isn't "oil" http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1365165341
Despite spilling tens, if not hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil and chemicals into an Arkansas neighborhood, thanks to a loophole in a law from 1980, ExxonMobil will not be paying into a federal oil spill cleanup fund because the oil they spilled is not the right type of oil. It is a twisted example of the legal technicalities and lax regulations that all too often favor oil companies, but a coalition of environmental groups are working to close the loophole.
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