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Oil Devastation in Arkansas -- Government Relents and Releases Photos to the Public [Slideshow]

Take a look at these just-released EPA photos.

April 5, 2013 |

After outrcies of media blackouts and Exxon running the cleanup show, today the EPA released photos of the tar sands spill that shocked the Mayflower, Arkansas neighborhood last week. Check out more of our coverage of the spill here and Exxon's response.

EPA Releases Tar Sands Spill Photos

April 5, 2013
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A week after Exxon's Pegasus pipeline spilled in Arkansas, the EPA has released photos.

Oil impacting residential yard. (EPA)

Source: EPA

Source area (EPA)

Source: EPA

Initial Dam erected to stop flow on East side of I-40 W (EPA)

Source: EPA

Source: EPA

Oiled areas between homes (EPA)

Source: EPA

Vaccum operations (EPA)

Source: EPA

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Tara Lohan, a senior editor at AlterNet, has just launched the new project Hitting Home, chronicling extreme energy extraction. She is the editor of two books on the global water crisis, including most recently, Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource. Follow her on Twitter @TaraLohan.

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