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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Ram 50 with 313,560 miles

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This one is located in a Colorado Springs boneyard , with a nice view of the Rockies and Pikes Peak. 1986 Dodge Ram 50 in Colorado junkyard. 1986 Dodge Ram 50 in Colorado junkyard. 1986 Dodge Ram 50 in Colorado junkyard. 1986 Dodge Ram 50 in Colorado junkyard. 1986 Dodge Ram 50 in Colorado junkyard.

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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

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As you know from having admired the discarded 1994 Diamante Wagon we saw last June , the long-roof Diamantes were sold here for the 1993 through 1995 model years and they were built in Australia (the sedans were built in Japan). 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard. 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard.

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Junkyard Find: 1988 Volvo 740 GLE with 403,348 miles

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The highest-mile discarded Volvo I've ever documented was a 1990 240 sedan in Colorado with 631,999 miles. Then there's a whole bunch of junked 240s with odometers showing between 300,411 and 393,888 miles , all found in Colorado or California.

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Junkyard Find: 1988 Pontiac Sunbird SE Coupe

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Even by the standards of the far-flung General Motors Empire, the J-Body was found everywhere , from the Vauxhall Cavaliers of Great Britain to the Isuzu Askas of Japan to the Daewoo Esperas of South Korea. Today's Junkyard Find is a sporty Sunbird coupe, found in a yard just south of Denver, Colorado.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Even so, during 2010-2014, people in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, the Midwest and the Middle Atlantic still experienced more than 15 days a year in which ozone levels exceeded the US health-based air quality standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb) averaged over eight hours. Owen Cooper.

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GM Flint Engine builds millionth 1.4L engine; transitioning to new engine for Chevy Volt and Cruze

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Following a similar path as their assembly plant colleagues, Flint Engine employees—both hourly and salaried—formed a launch team that would spend months working with GM engineers and employees in Michigan, Mexico and Japan. liter engine for the Chevrolet Colorado and Traverse, GMC Canyon and Acadia and Buick Enclave.

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International study finds air pollution leads to millions of hospital visits for asthma attacks worldwide

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Support for the study was provided by the NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Science Team, NASA Aura ACMAP, the Stockholm Environment Institute Low Emissions Development Pathways Initiative, and the Global Environment Research Fund of the Japan Ministry of the Environment. Anenberg, Daven K. Henze, Veronica Tinney, Patrick L.

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