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.
TL;DR Weakland’s Mechanic Shop in Chest Springs, Pennsylvania tampered with emissions controls on 122 vehicles and sold 190 illegal defeat devices between January 2019 and July 2020. The shop hacked engine computers and physically removed pollution filters designed to keep…
Corporate Accountability Investigation Green Lies, Big Brand Nike’s “Sustainability Collection” sold consumers a planet-saving story. The products told a different one. Filed: November 7, 2025 TL;DR Nike marketed a “Sustainability Collection” but the products allegedly contained virgin synthetic and non-organic…
TL;DR DPC Enterprises operates a chlorine repacking plant in Mobile, Alabama, with 750,000 pounds of chlorine and 295,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide on-site at any given time. EPA inspectors found visible surface corrosion on chlorine and sulfur dioxide pipes, and…
Environmental Enforcement • Agricultural Pollution • Iowa Wynja Feedlot Dumped Cow Poop Into Public Waters Reported by EvilCorporations.com • Source: U.S. EPA Consent Decree, filed November 17, 2025 TL;DR Wynja Feedlot, Inc., a cattle operation in Orange City, Iowa, illegally…
Environmental Accountability • Silicon Valley • October 2025 Apple’s Toxic Secret in Santa Clara The EPA caught Apple mishandling hazardous waste at its Santa Clara facility for over two years. The company makes more money every eleven seconds than the…
Investigative Report • Clean Air Act Violation • Torrance, CA The Chlorine Alarm That Didn’t Sound A chemical company in a dense Southern California neighborhood ran a chlorine production facility with a broken gas sensor, corroded equipment, and an emergency…
TL;DR Shoreside Petroleum stored 6,354,056 gallons of fuel (enough to fill roughly 9.6 Olympic swimming pools) within spitting distance of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay — with a safety plan full of lies and gaps. The EPA caught at least 10 documented…
TL;DR On January 2, 2025, ContiTech USA, LLC dumped 125 gallons of hydraulic oil into a Nebraska waterway from its Lincoln rubber manufacturing plant. The oil flowed through a cistern and drainage ditch, contaminated a tributary of Salt Creek, and…
TL;DR PCC Structurals, Inc., a Portland, Oregon manufacturer, used, manufactured, and processed hydrogen fluoride, nitrate compounds, and nitric acid at two facilities for years without properly reporting those toxic chemicals to the federal government as required by law. The violations…
Chemical Disaster • Environmental Justice • Texas Courts Their Neighborhood Burned. The Courts Said: Too Late. Arkema’s chemical plant exploded after Hurricane Harvey, coated homes in toxic ash, and forced hundreds of families to flee. Nearly 800 of those families…