Joe Romm: Silver Linings Playbook: Exxon Says Wildlife Hit By Arkansas Spill Were Mostly ‘Reptiles, Primarily Venomous Snakes’

Readers, I've been wondering.  Who decides what to call the cooperation between the firm responsible for the problem and the federal, state, county and local municipal governments.  Where did the term "unified command" come from?  Frank Luntz?  There was one up near Kodiak, Alaska, when Shell's Kulluk ran aground.  Set up by Shell, led by Shell.  Journalists need not enter.  No fly zone controlled by Shell.  Ring any bells?

Have a look at Exxon's "unified command" reporting (they left out all the oil soaked birds and how many animals died).

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/exxmobile.pdf

Silver Linings Playbook: Exxon Says Wildlife Hit By Arkansas Spill Were Mostly ‘Reptiles, Primarily Venomous Snakes’

by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, April 14, 2013

Oily snakes — or snake oil?

Sure, you thought nothing good could come from ExxonMobil’s pipeline spill of some 200,000 gallons into the residential streets of Mayflower, Arkansas. After all, it was “low-quality Wabasca Heavy crude oil from Alberta.” And a technicality has spared Exxon from having to pay any money into the fund that will be covering most of the clean up costs — a 1980 law ensures that diluted bitumen is not classified as oil.

But ExxonMobil reports from the Mayflower Incident Unified Command Joint Information Center that even this cloud of oil has a silver lining:

The majority of the impacted wildlife has been reptiles, primarily venomous snakes.

Strangely, HuffPost reports, “According to its Facebook page, the Helping Arkansas Wild Kritters (HAWK) Center, which has worked to help scores of animals hurt by the March 29 spill, has not rescued any venomous snakes, but has cared for many birds.”

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/04/14/1862721/silver-linings-playbook-exxon-says-wildlife-hit-by-arkansas-spill-were-mostly-reptiles-primarily-venomous-snakes/