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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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People from Chevron and Toyota will be driving Toyota’s Tundra, RAV4 and Camry on this road trip with the objective of demonstrating the fuel, which is more than 40% less carbon intensive than traditional gasoline on a lifecycle basis, according to Chevron.

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Toyota recalls over 280,000 vehicles due to unexpected movement

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The recall applies to a total of 280,663 vehicles, including some Toyota Tundra, Tundra Hybrid, Sequoia Hybrid and Lexus LX600 vehicles built between 2022 and 2024. ” “Battery electric vehicles do not represent the only way to achieve carbon neutrality,” Toyoda added. What are your thoughts?

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Researchers find that the global carbon pool in seagrass beds is as much as 19.9B metric tons

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Per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much carbon as the world’s temperate and tropical forests, according to a paper this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. The paper, “Seagrass Ecosystems as a Globally Significant Carbon Stock,” is the first global analysis of carbon stored in seagrasses.

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BMW previews Vision Neue Klasse X: Is this the electric SUV we’ve been waiting for?

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BMW Vision Neue Klasse X testing video (Source: BMW Group) The minimalist interior, free from decorative chrome or leather, will help reduce its carbon footprint while in production. In another video posted by BMW, you can see the Vision Neue Klasse X testing on the frozen tundra.

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News: 2023 Toyota and Lexus New Products

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The GR86 Cup will be fitted with Bosch engine management, custom Borla exhaust, SADEV 6-speed sequential transmission, Alcon brakes, JRI adjustable shocks, OMP safety equipment, roll cage, carbon fiber rear wing, 22-gallon fuel cell, specially designed MacPherson struts, Stratasys custom bodywork, a bespoke splitter and more. Lexus UX 250h.

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NOAA Arctic Report Card finds Arctic entering into new phase: warmer, greener, and less ice

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Acidification of sea water (“ocean acidification”) as a result of carbon dioxide absorption has also been documented in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Land: Arctic tundra vegetation continues to increase and is associated with higher air temperatures over most of the Arctic land mass.

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Study Finds East Siberian Arctic Shelf Showing Instability and Widespread Venting of the GHG Methane; Releases May Be Much Larger and Faster Than Anticipated

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Methane is a greenhouse gas more than 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. These findings do change our view of the vulnerability of the large sub-sea permafrost carbon reservoir on the ESAS; the permafrost “lid” is clearly perforated, and sedimentary CH 4 is escaping to the atmosphere. The permafrost under the ESAS—a 2.1

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