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.
EPA Enforcement · Holstein, Iowa · April 2024 The $7,500 Slap on the Wrist VT Industries Inc. broke federal hazardous waste law six separate times. The EPA let them write a check smaller than a used car and walk away…
Poison Without Instructions: The Wilbur-Ellis Files TL;DR The Company: Wilbur-Ellis Company, a massive agricultural products corporation, operating as Woodburn Fertilizer in Oregon. The Product: “Moss Terminator” (EPA Reg. No. 2935-547), a federally regulated pesticide. The Misconduct: For over a year,…
EvilCorporations.com | Investigative Report | Environmental Enforcement 435 Engines. Years of Illegal Smog. One Slap on the Wrist. How Berry Petroleum exploited a paperwork loophole to run hundreds of smog-pumping engines across Utah’s Uinta Basin — and what their stack…
Environmental Crime & Corporate Impunity • Wheeling, West Virginia $6,250 Fine.Three Years of Toxic Neglect. Investigative Report • EvilCorporations.com Filed: November 20, 2025 • EPA Region 3 • Docket RCRA-03-2026-0009 TL;DR Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. stored dozens of categories of hazardous…
Westminster, MD | May 2024 | U.S. EPA Enforcement Action EvilCorporations.com | Environmental Accountability Desk Toxic Runoff Next Door: How Shifflett’s Used Auto Parts Poisoned a Public River for Years TL;DR Shifflett’s Used Auto Parts in Westminster, Maryland ran an…
Environmental Accountability • Clean Air Act • Missouri, 2024 They Hid 283 Lead Pollution Events. Missouri Paid the Price. Battery giant EnerSys Energy Products ran three Missouri factories that recorded hundreds of failures in lead emission controls, then buried the…
Environmental Enforcement / Industrial Hazards / Clean Air Act Toxic Leak, Pocket Change Fine FGF Brands released a toxic cloud of ammonia at its Indiana bakery, racked up nine separate safety violations, and walked away paying $133,857, less than what…
TL;DR Crystal Mountain Inc. supplies drinking water to approximately 4,200 people in Enumclaw, Washington, and federal law required it to complete a security risk assessment and emergency response plan by 2021. The company blew both deadlines, and then, after the…
TL;DR Croda Inc., a global specialty chemicals corporation, stored multiple categories of hazardous waste at its New Castle, Delaware facility for years without proper labeling, without a permit, and without conducting required weekly safety inspections. EPA inspectors found unlabeled containers…
Environmental Accountability | Clean Water Act | Nebraska & Iowa How Alter Metal Recycling Turned Nebraska’s Rivers Into Corporate Dumps Investigative Report | EvilCorporations.com | Source: EPA Region 7 Consent Agreement and Final Order, December 2025 TL;DR Alter Metal Recycling,…