The cove of Lake Conway which Exxon claimed was “oil-free”. (Photo: Greenpeace)Internal ExxonMobil documents obtained through an Freedom of Information Act request by Greenpeace shows that the oil giant misled the public about the degree to which the spill of more than 200,000 galllons of tar sands oil in Arkansas had contaminated local waterways.
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