Broken Promises, Poisoned Air: Birla Carbon’s Three-Year Delay TL;DR In 2018, Birla Carbon U.S.A., Inc. signed a legally binding Consent Decree with the U.S. government, Louisiana, and Kansas, promising to install pollution control technology at its carbon black plants by…
TL;DR From the 1930s to 1979, Monsanto was the sole manufacturer of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), a class of toxic chemicals. Internal knowledge proves Monsanto knew PCBs were toxic as early as 1937 and knew they would “inevitably leak” from the…
Poison for Profit in Oregon TL;DR THE FACTS: Portland General Electric (PGE) and Tillamook (operating as Columbia River Processing) generate hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater contaminated with industrial-strength levels of nitrates every year. They pay the Port of…
Your Hospital is Watching You. And Selling Your Secrets. TL;DR The Facts: A class-action lawsuit (Case No. 0:25-cv-62530-XXXX) accuses the nonprofit Cleveland Clinic of embedding tracking technology on its website, www.clevelandclinic.org. This tech belongs to corporate giants like Adobe, Google…
The Price of Silence on Lead Poisoning TL;DR The Facts: Missouri-based Semo Management Group, LLC was investigated by the EPA for violating federal housing safety laws in properties built before 1978. The Misconduct: The company failed to provide tenants with…
The Poison On Your Walls: Nebraskaland Siding’s Betrayal of Lincoln Families TL;DR The Corporation: Nebraskaland Steel Products, Inc., operating as Nebraskaland Siding & Windows, is a general contractor based in Nebraska. The Misconduct: The company performed renovations on at least…
TL;DR The Corporation: DTG Enterprises, Inc., a construction and demolition recycling facility in Renton, Washington. The Misconduct: For nearly five years (December 2020 – August 2025), DTG illegally discharged polluted industrial wastewater directly into Springbrook Creek, a tributary that flows…
A Shadow Ops Plot to Stalk Journalists and Steal Elections TL;DR The Scheme: Energy giant NextEra and its subsidiary Florida Power & Light (FPL) are accused of orchestrating a massive, covert political interference scheme. This includes bankrolling “ghost candidates” to…
The Propane Gamble No One Asked For TL;DR For years, Inland Fuel stored over 10,000 pounds of propane at its Bridgeport Facility without the federally required safety plan. The company operated without a Risk Management Plan (RMP) from at least…
A Loophole to Steal Your Time: How the U.S. Government Legalized Wage Theft Against Its Own Nurses TL;DR A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the government does not have to pay federal employees for overtime unless that work was…