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Shelby and Nick play with their children, 2-year-old Sarah*, and 1 -year-old Aaron*, on their cot in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, on August 27, 2017.

Following Hurricane Harvey’s landfall, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has approved emergency fuel waiver requests from the Texas Comptroller and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

Heavy rain continued to pour Tuesday on southeastern Texas where Tropical Storm Harvey has already caused catastrophic flooding in one of the largest cities in the United States.

Reaching the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of access to safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030 will require countries to spend $150 billion per year. A fourfold increase in water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) investments compared to what is spent on August 28th, this is out of reach for many countries, threatening progress on poverty eradication.

Marti Blake lives near the Cheswick coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania and has suffered serious health complications.

Following Hurricane Harvey’s landfall, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has approved an emergency fuel waiver for areas of Louisiana affected by the storm.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on August 28th, announced a settlement with Fileminders of Hawaii, LLC, requiring the company to close a large-capacity cesspool at its Kapolei facility on Oahu. Cesspools can contaminate groundwater, and large-capacity cesspools have been banned since 2005.

Two boys, 16 and 12 years old , collect water from a damaged pipe on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan. The water is pumped from the White Nile River, but is untreated, risking the health of those who consume it.

An open cast gold mine at Pocone, Amazon basin, Brazil.

Conservation groups on August 23, filed a lawsuit against the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation’s for failing to address injuries and deaths of three species of critically imperiled seabirds caused by bright lighting at state-operated airports and harbors on Kaua‘i, Maui and Lāna‘i.