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 Arcos Industries, LLC, a weapons and auto parts supplier in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, stored flammable solvents, caustic waste, and industrial sludge in tanks with no safety containment and zero daily inspections for years. The company went five full years…
EvilCorporations.com | Environmental Accountability Desk Toxic and Unpermitted Sherwin-Williams’ California subsidiary spent years pumping ignitable, solvent-laden hazardous waste into cracked tanks with no leak detection, no proper permits, and no honest paperwork — then shipped it to regular landfills and…
Clean Water Act Enforcement • Idaho Tamarack Mill Dumped Pollutants Into the Weiser River for Years and Paid $45,000 to Walk Away A sawmill in New Meadows, Idaho racked up 13 separate Clean Water Act violations over nearly four years,…
Environmental Accountability • Underground Storage Tanks • Virginia 24,000 Gallons of Gasoline Underground. Zero Dollars Paid. Investigation by EvilCorporations.com • Source: U.S. EPA Region 3 Consent Agreement & Final Order, filed September 23, 2025 TL;DR A Virginia gas station called…
Corporate Accountability • Environmental Law • Public Safety Thirteen Years of Negligence Filed: September 24, 2025 • EPA Region 6, Dallas, Texas • Source: Consent Agreement and Final Order, Docket No. CAA-06-2025-3469 TL;DR Univar Solutions, a major wholesale chemical distributor,…
TL;DR A Wilmington, Delaware BP gas station let a gasoline leak alarm ring for 13 straight days without calling the state or investigating what was wrong. The operator, YOK, LLC, also skipped mandatory monthly safety checks on their underground tanks…
Environmental Accountability • Walla Walla, Washington • EPA Region 10 They Cast Sculptures and Poisoned the Air Published from EPA Consent Agreement • Docket Signed September 24, 2025 TL;DR Walla Walla Foundry, Inc., one of the world’s premier art metal…
Environmental Crime / Clean Water Act / West Virginia Keyser Spilled 170,000 Gallons of Sewage, Paid Just $2,500 to the EPA Filed: September 22, 2025 | U.S. EPA Region 3 | Docket No. CWA-03-2025-0002 TL;DR On March 4, 2023, a…
TL;DR James River Petroleum ran a 12,000-gallon regular gasoline underground storage tank at its Richmond, Virginia E-Fueling Network facility with a confirmed failed spill prevention system for 785 consecutive days — from December 14, 2020 to February 7, 2023. The…
TL;DR A private cold storage company in Vineland, New Jersey let its facility rot into a toxic time bomb, packed with nearly 5 tons of flammable, poisonous ammonia gas, then went bankrupt and left the $981,871.27 (enough to fully fund…