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EPA Region 7 has reached settlement agreements with two corporations, enabling work to begin before the end of summer 2013 on a long-awaited $30 million environmental cleanup of the Carter Carburetor Superfund Site in North St. Louis, Mo.

According to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Star Ice and Fuel, of Fife, Washington, failed to immediately report a hazardous chemical release to local, state, and national emergency responders, a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

Kahekili Beach. Maui citizen groups have charged that wastewater is making its way into the ocean near popular Kahekili Beach.

The collapse of a coal ash impoundment in Kingston, TN in 2008 resulted the largest toxic waste spill in U.S. history. The river of toxic waste swept away homes and covered over 300 acres in sludge.

The Old Railway Station in Skopje. The clock on the side of the building stopped at 5:17am on 26 July 1963, marking the moment the city was turned into rubble by the 1963 earthquake. The building now houses the Museum of the City of Skopje.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved US$178 million IDA* credit to help the Government of Mozambique increase access to clean water for people living in Mozambique’s largest urban area – the Greater Maputo Area. The project will equally benefit women and girls who spend considerable time each day fetching water for their family.

Timbuktu in northern Mali.

EPA has failed to protect children from pesticides when they drift from treated fields into nearby yards, homes, schools, parks and daycare centers.

Waimea River carves through the Waimea Canyon, renowned as the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific.”

A stream in Idaho. The rule allowed industries to pollute Idaho's high-quality rivers and lakes without state or public review.