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.
Environmental Accountability ‧ Clean Air Act Violations ‧ Guide Rock, Nebraska Ely’s Inc. Forgot That We Live In a Society A small-town fertilizer company stored over 10,000 pounds of one of the most dangerous chemicals on earth with zero emergency…
On May 9, 2024, an EPA inspector stood at the edge of a wetland near Smackover, Arkansas, looking at a dirty disaster. Water that should have been teeming with life was poisoned. It was flowing from the wetland into a…
TL;DR A Canadian mining company called Teck Cominco Metals dumped 9.97 million tons of toxic slag directly into the Upper Columbia River between 1930 and 1995, poisoning the river that the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have called home…
Environmental Enforcement / Asbestos / Georgia Five Thousand Dollars A construction company ripped up the floors of a dental office in Stonecrest, Georgia without ever checking for asbestos. The EPA’s price for that? $5,425. Here’s what that number actually means.…
Safe Drinking Water Act Violation • Kauai, Hawaii Hawaii Gas Pumped Raw Sewage Into Your Groundwater For 20 Years EvilCorporations.com • SDWA-09-2025-0101 • 30 min read Docket No. SDWA-09-2025-0101 • EPA Region 9 • Filed August 29, 2025 TL;DR Hawaii…
Investigative Report • Clean Air Act Enforcement • Chesapeake, Virginia Built Not Bought Automotive:1,079 Crimes Against Clean Air.A $0 Penalty. Source: U.S. EPA Region 3 Consent Agreement & Final Order • Effective July 24, 2025 TL;DR Built Not Bought Automotive,…
EvilCorporations.com Investigative Report • Environmental Enforcement • Iowa, 2025 TL;DR Borghi USA, Inc. dumped 2,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid inside its West Burlington, Iowa facility in April 2022, forcing a full evacuation of all 165 employees by the fire department.…
Environmental Accountability • Boston, Massachusetts • EPCRA Enforcement Three Years of Silence How Houghton Chemical Kept an Allston Neighborhood in the Dark About Toxic Chemicals in Their Backyard Filed: July 21, 2025 • EPA Region 1 • EPCRA-01-2025-0007 TL;DR Houghton…
Clean Water Act Violation • San Diego, California • EPA Region 9 Wetlands Bulldozed, Documents Forged Filed: July 18, 2025 • EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2025-0049 TL;DR International Industrial Park, Inc. and SD Commercial, LLC bulldozed legally protected wetlands in East…
Environmental Accountability How Pest Fog Turned Ozone Destruction Into a Business Expense EPA Region 5 Enforcement Action · Filed July 17, 2025 TL;DR Pest Fog Sales Corp., a Texas fumigant company, imported methyl bromide, one of the most ozone-destroying chemicals…