TL;DR:Between 2020 and 2023, Granite City Slag LLC repeatedly violated Clean Air Act regulations, emitting dangerous levels of particulate matter and failing to use required pollution controls. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that the evil company neglected moisture…
TL;DR:Landmark Modernization Contractors agreed to pay a civil penalty of $21,492 after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined the company violated multiple provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) related to lead-safe renovation practices. The case exposes systemic weaknesses…
TL;DR Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that Kennecott Utah Copper LLC, a subsidiary of global mining giant Rio Tinto, caused widespread contamination of groundwater, surface water, and wetlands across Utah’s North Zone through decades of mining and refining…
TL;DR Admiral Insurance Company refused to defend and indemnify (meaning compensate) Fire-Dex, a manufacturer of firefighter protective gear, against lawsuits claiming that its products exposed firefighters to carcinogenic PFAS chemicals. You might know PFAS as “forever chemicals” as they’re often…
Ford Motor Company pressured West Virginia car dealers into costly facility upgrades under the guise of “voluntary” programs, only to later penalize them for those very investments. Dealers who spent up to three-quarters of a million dollars each to meet…
TL;DR:Becker Iron and Metal, a scrap metal recycler based in Venice, Illinois, violated federal clean air laws by failing to properly verify or recover ozone-depleting refrigerants from discarded appliances. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that the company accepted and…
TL;DR:Federal investigators found that Lucky Trading Co. imported 83 uncertified bicycle engine kits into the United States, each lacking required emissions certification and labeling under the Clean Air Act. The engines were misrepresented with documentation for a smaller, materially different…
TL;DR: Intel Corporation was sued for allegedly breaching its fiduciary duties by steering employee retirement funds into risky hedge funds and private equity ventures that allegedly benefited its own corporate interests. The case exposed how corporate power, unchecked by strong…
TL;DR:EPA investigations revealed that the Kickapoo Tribe’s wastewater treatment facilities serving the Kickapoo Casino and Housing Site 1 repeatedly discharged pollutants into the Delaware River system without proper monitoring, reporting, or maintenance. Over multiple years which are listed down below,…
Acadia Hospital, a nonprofit psychiatric facility in Bangor, Maine, paid its female psychologists nearly half the hourly rate of their male colleagues for comparable work. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a ruling finding the hospital…