Environmental violations include the improper disposal of waste, emissions of toxic substances, and illegal exploitation of natural resources. These practices can lead to significant environmental damage, including pollution of air and water, destruction of habitats, and loss of biodiversity. The repercussions are long-lasting, affecting the health of local communities, reducing the quality of natural resources, and contributing to global environmental crises like climate change.
Investigative Report • Environmental Enforcement • Lewiston, Idaho Clearwater Paper Poisoned the Air and Said Nothing for Ten Months A Delaware corporation leaked a weapon-grade toxic gas into an Idaho community four separate times — and then decided the neighbors…
Environmental Accountability / Red Dog Mine / Alaska What Teck Alaska Didn’t Report Hazardous Waste, Missing Data, and the Mine That Made Its Own Rules EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk Source Document Filed: June 7, 2024 — EPA Region 10 Consent Agreement…
■ Investigative Report ■ FIFRA Violation ■ Utah / EPA Region 8 ■ 2025 Poison in the Water A Utah pest control company called Big Toms Pest Control LLC illegally dumped toxic pesticides and faced federal enforcement action. Here is…
TL;DR A Kentucky diesel parts company called Thoroughbred Diesel sold 15,247 illegal defeat devices in just 13 months, hardware engineered to disable your truck’s pollution controls and pump raw toxic exhaust into the air everyone breathes. The EPA fined Thoroughbred…
Environmental Enforcement · Clean Water Act · Meriwether County, Georgia When Corporate Greed Dams a Gay Creek EPA Enforcement Action Filed: June 6, 2024 | EvilCorporations.com Investigates TL;DR Circle Oak East, LLC bulldozed 20 acres of protected Georgia wetlands and…
The Apex Diesel Defeat-Device Scandal and Our Right to Breathe A Pennsylvania auto shop spent two years systematically disabling the pollution controls the law requires — and the fine they got barely covers a used pickup truck. TL;DR Apex Diesel…
EvilCorporations.com | Hazardous Waste | Des Moines, Iowa Siegwerk’s Hazardous Waste Cover: Unlabeled Chemicals, Stored Lamp Toxins, and a Fine That Costs Less Than a Used Car Source: EPA Region 7 Expedited Settlement Agreement | Filed: November 17, 2025 | …
TL;DR Hanover Foods Corporation, a Pennsylvania food-processing giant, violated its federal and state water pollution permit more than 600 times between November 2016 and early 2022, dumping industrial wastewater into Oil Creek, a tributary that flows directly into the Chesapeake…
Environmental Accountability Investigation 6,500 Gallons. Public Beaches. A $12,000 Fine. Source: EPA Region 5 Consent Agreement and Final Order | Filed: November 17, 2025 | EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk TL;DR On June 24, 2021, a K & V Transport, Inc. tractor-trailer…
Alaska Courts / Extractive Industry Courts Ruled That Mines Don’t Have To Answer For Their Destruction EvilCorporations.com • Alaska Supreme Court No. S-18737/18888 (Consolidated), Opinion No. 7794 • 43 min read TL;DR Donlin Gold, LLC wants to build one of…