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As a result of the disruption in the supply of fuel from Gulf-area refineries following Hurricane Isaac, and at the request of Governors, EPA has exercised its authority under the Clean Air Act to temporarily waive certain federal clean gasoline requirements for gasoline sold and distributed in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina.

Air crews from the California Army National Guard take off in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as they take part in wildfire suppression efforts in Northern California. Members of the California National Guard have been assisting the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection with extinguishing wildfires throughout the state.

Melting sea ice and icebergs in the Arctic. NASA recently announced record ice loss in the Arctic.

Soldiers with the Mississippi Army National Guard's 890th Engineer Battalion work to alleviate pressure from floodwaters of Hurricane Isaac on the Percy Quinn State Park levee in McComb, Miss. The project will take approximately a week to complete. Officials in Tangipahoa Parish, La. fear that the water from the lake's dam could flow into rivers swollen from the effects of Isaac and flood area homes.

Soldiers with the Mississippi Army National Guard's 890th Engineer Battalion work to alleviate pressure from floodwaters of Hurricane Isaac on the Percy Quinn State Park levee in McComb, Miss. The project will take approximately a week to complete. Officials in Tangipahoa Parish, La. fear that the water from the lake's dam could flow into rivers swollen from the effects of Isaac and flood area homes.

Food on sale at a market in Harare, Zimbabwe.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that nine areas in California have met the 1997 national health-based air quality standard for smog, also known as ground-level ozone, within their regulatory deadlines.

Earthjustice, representing the Kansas chapter of the Sierra Club, argued before the Kansas Supreme Court that the Court should overturn an air pollution permit the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued to Sunflower Electric Corporation to build a new 895 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Holcomb, Kansas.

"No state or federal agency can put itself above national laws that protect America’s natural heritage and wildlife that all Americans cherish.”