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BP Pipeline Sprays Oil-Gas Mixture on 33 Acres of Alaskan Tundra

2014-05-02 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: If you already thought BP was unfit to handle its own oil, an incident this week in Alaska won`t change that opinion. Alaska officials said a BP oil pipeline was somehow compromised and and resulted in the nonstop spraying of an oily mist into the wind for at least two hours. The mixture of gas, crude oil and water covered 33 acres of a frozen snow field near a BP oil well in Northern Alaska. The Associated Press reported that no wildlife had been impacted. BP spokeswoman Dawn Patience wrote...

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BorgWarner Produces Part-Time Four-Wheel Drive Transfer Cases For Toyota Tundra

2014-02-28 05:37:17| autocentral News Articles

BorgWarner produces the two-speed, part-time four-wheel drive transfer case for the 2014 Toyota Tundra pickup truck. Featuring BorgWarner's proven electronic shift-on-the-fly technology, the transfer case delivers quick, smooth shifts between two-wheel and four-wheel drive with the turn of a dial

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The tundra: A dark horse in planet Earth's greenhouse gas budget

2013-10-10 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Vast areas on the Northern Hemisphere are covered by tundra. Here, dwarf shrubs, sedges, mosses etc. thrive on top of permafrost in areas where only the uppermost soil layer thaws during the short Arctic summer. New studies show that the tundra may become a source of CO2 in the future. Researcher Magnus Lund from Aarhus University explains: "The soil below the tundra contains very large quantities of carbon -- more than twice as much as is present in the planet's entire atmosphere. Therefore,...

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Toyota Adds Marketing Twist for 2014 Tundra

2013-09-23 09:00:31| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News

Pickup trucks are big sellers these days, but Toyota wants to get a leg up on the competition, so it is arming its dealers with a dynamite ad campaign for the 2014 Toyota Tundra. Find out more about the new marketing campaign from Toyota. [More]The Article Toyota Adds Marketing Twist for 2014 Tundra appeared first on Automotive Digest.

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