Gulf Oil Spill Just Got Dramatically Worse

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The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf has just taken a step toward the worst possible case scenario today. After a robotic submarine smashed into one of its vents, BP was forced to remove the containment cap that was capturing 25,000 gallons of petroleum pollution a day. This Enviroknow chart illustrates the estimated tremendous increase in volume of toxic crude now gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar pledged to issue a new moratorium on all new offshore drilling after a federal judge recently struck down the existing ban.