DO Cy FA RCC AIST — —__" fl cin . — QUA os A A SH J Sab A SEA PS SEV SB or Rh i AA EG SR IG Page 5 The Lion’s Eye September 16, 2010 Eve on World & Local Despite Dedication to Gulf Clean-up, Public and CEO are Unhappy by Tiffany Ragins-Morris - Lion 5 Eye Staff Writer - tjr5073@psu.edu April 20th 2010, over four months ago a BP oil rig into the waters, he shows the build-up of tar that strangles the exploded killing eleven people, dumping tons of oil into the land. Fishing has become impossible and threatens his economic coast, and branding the catastrophe as the worst oil spill in the b stability and Dodal is unable to provide for himself and his family. US history. NY Daily News reported that a cap was installed P With effects on Gulf residents ranging from health complications to economical loss, BP has created a claims fund, shelling out $120,000 so far in support. As efforts continue in the coastal cleanup, the Brit- ish oil giant BP has dedicated communications around the spill. Its website sports an extensive guide to the Gulf cleanup. With updated reports of the new technologies, press releases, video, and research pertaining to the Gulf. BP released a YouTube page com- mitted to the spill. The latest video is of Iris Cross, BP Commu- nity Outreach Manager, explains that BP will stay in the Gulf for in the faulty rig on July 5th to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf. Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter have been a channel for critics of the spill, as they blame BP in its oversight for the defective well. Since the flow of oil has been contained, the residue of long term economical, ecological, health, and other effects has taken the forefront. Several different techniques have been researched to aid in the cleanup. According to CNET, scientists have discovered microbes that have been eating through the oil. Biotechnologists from Berkeley explain that these microbes as long as it takes. Similar commercials released by BP executives have attacked the oil at an accelerated rate. Combined with have aired on primetime TV with vivid images of the cleanup ef- natural processes, BP staged several controlled oil burns forts. which eliminate oil within the larger concentrations. Other Photo courtesy of usocv.org BP’s CEO Tony Hayward is stepping down, af- methods consist of skimming, where specially designed boats a a ter ABC News allegedly reported him saying he wanted the crisis collect oil by separating it from the water. Some natives of the to end so that he could “get his life back.” BP announced Robert coast worry, however, that the cleanup will not be enough to Dudley to be appointed CEO effective October 1st. In BP’s report restore their way of life. the new appointment is hoped to lead BP into a new image as being environmentally In a CNN video, resident Russell Dodal explains that he has been laid off aware and conscience of the people of the Gulf Coast. from his job as a commercial fisherman due to the oil spill. As he takes reporters Local Creativity Exhibited, as Flugtag Comes to Town by Judy Bowker - Lions Eye Staff Writer - jlb5706@psu.edu The Red Bull Flugtag was held over the bridge in Camden, NJ last weekend on Saturday September 4, 2010. There was close to 90,000 attend- ees including people watching from Penn’s Landing. This is an event in which Red Bull sponsors and has people create their own flying apparatus that competes to see who goes the furthest. The top flight machines are awarded with prizes to the contestants whose device travels the farthest, as well as a people’s choice award. This year’s Flugtag in Camden was postponed by a few hours due to the coast guard’s concerns with the wind, they were even thinking about cancelling the event all together. With a rowdy crowd the event was able to continue, there were 32 homemade aircrafts that had to try and fly off of a 28- foot runway. The prizes went to the following, for first place was team Giant Flying Llama, second place went to team Let Freedom Wing, and third place went to team Bumble. Last, but not least, the people’s choice award went to team Five Guys, One Clock.
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