On July 22 , 2013 , '' InsideClimate News '' and the '' Arkansas Times '' announced that a crowdfunding initiative had amassed over $ 25,000 to fund two reporters to investigate the causes and consequences of the spill . '' Inside Climate News '' noted that ExxonMobil had not yet explained the cause of the 22-foot-long ( 7 m ) gash in the pipeline , nor stated how much oil had been spilled . The oil company has maintained that the results of an inspection it conducted of the pipeline are not available to the public . The '' Inside Climate News '' article stated : " That leaves two critical questions unanswered : Did Exxon manage and test its broken Pegasus pipeline according to established guidelines ? And , if it did , is the Arkansas accident a warning that other pipelines might be at risk ? " The two reporters chosen for this assignment are Elizabeth McGowan and Sam Elfing . McGowan was part of the InsideClimate News team that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for its coverage of the 2010 Kalamazoo River oil spill . Eifling is an Arkansas native who has written for a variety of publications , including Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review
Kalamazoo River oil spill
Kalamazoo River oil spill
2013 Mayflower oil spill