- > 4TH MAJOR OIL SPILL FOULS ARCTIC TUNDRA: Alaska's > 4th major spill > this > winter sent nearly 100,000 gallons of "salt water > and crude oil" onto > the North Slope tundra says the Anchorage Daily > News > 4/17. The oily > mixture that escaped from a corroded pipeline was > "at a temperature > of > more than 100 degrees," and quickly "saturated > nearly an acre of > tundra." The "accident timing," which "may be one > of > the largest > spills > ever on the North Slope" is "bad for Alaska's big > oil companies" who > want to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife > Refuge > just 90 miles to > the east. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great > prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]