The offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon is now spewing an estimated 42,000 gallons of crude oil a day from two leaks in a drilling pipe, 5000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
Crews are using robotic submarines to help stem the flow of oil, now polluting more than 600 square miles of water in the gulf.
Gov. Bobby Jindal is asking for federal help to protect a 115,000 acre nature preserve near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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