Across four states, property management firm GREP Southeast, LLC engaged in a pattern of conduct that systematically dismantled federal safeguards designed to protect families from the irreversible neurological damage of lead poisoning. A 2023 investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection…
For a spill of 170,000 gallons of sewage into a tributary (a body of water which leads into a different body of water) of the Potomac River, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled with the City of Keyser, West Virginia,…
Beneath Richmond, Virginia, tens of thousands of gallons of petroleum products were managed by a company that, for years, failed to maintain basic environmental safeguards and prove it could pay for a potential catastrophe. A settlement with the Environmental Protection…
A single, dilapidated warehouse in a residential New Jersey neighborhood posed a direct threat to over 15,000 residents, forcing an emergency government intervention that cost taxpayers nearly one million dollars. After creating the crisis, the companies responsible vanished into insolvency,…
Federal law and general ethical morality requires landlords and their agents to disclose the known risks of lead-based paint (a potent neurotoxin especially dangerous to children and pregnant women) before a family signs a lease for a pre-1978 home. For…
For over three years, a Texas chemical plant operated by Arlanxeo USA LLC repeatedly failed to safely burn off hazardous air pollutants, releasing uncombusted chemicals into the air while simultaneously failing to file legally required safety documentation with regulators. The…
For two years, some of the nation’s largest natural gas conglomerates engaged in a broad conspiracy, manipulating a fundamental commodity market and driving prices to what federal regulators called “extraordinary levels”. The existence of this price-fixing scheme isn’t even an…
For nearly three months, lead rained down on a Baltimore community. An estimated 2.5 tons of lead-based paint, blasted from a 1,300-foot television tower, settled on homes, properties, and even a local grocery store, spreading a toxic legacy for at…
TL;DR Summary: On July 1, 2023, a Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. processing plant in Van Buren, Arkansas, released 1,600 pounds of toxic anhydrous ammonia gas, exposing three of its employees to the hazardous chemical. Federal investigators with the Environmental Protection…
AXS is one of the two ginormous as the digital gatekeepers for millions of fans seeking access to the musical performances in the world’s most iconic arenas, theaters, and stadiums. They’re second in size only to Ticketmaster, and this powerful…