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<p>Rancher and environmental activist Mike Scott, right, confronts Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. president Gary Pruessing over the company's pipeline spill along the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Mont. on Monday. Scott said his wife was forced to go to the emergency room after being exposed to oil in their yard near Billings. An estimated 1,000 barrels of oil spilled from a ruptured Exxon Mobil pipeline underneath the river.</p>

<p>Rancher and environmental activist Mike Scott, right, confronts Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. president Gary Pruessing over the company's pipeline spill along the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Mont. on Monday. Scott said his wife was forced to go to the emergency room after being exposed to oil in their yard near Billings. An estimated 1,000 barrels of oil spilled from a ruptured Exxon Mobil pipeline underneath the river.</p>

July 5, 2011

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Exxon feels the heat over leak
July 5, 2011 9 p.m.

Exxon feels the heat over leak

LAUREL, Mont. - Exxon Mobil Corp. acknowledged under political pressure Monday that the scope of its pipeline leak into the Yellowstone River could extend far beyond a 10-mile stretch of the famed waterway.