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:According to a consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Big Toms Pest Control LLC illegally dumped significant quantities of pesticide products (explicitly labeled as toxic) near rural Utah water infrastructure, including city water storage tanks and a…
TL;DR:Federal environmental regulators say Kentucky-based Thoroughbred Performance Products, Inc., doing business as Thoroughbred Diesel, sold and offered more than 15,000 “defeat devices” that shut off pollution controls on diesel trucks across the United States. These parts were designed to remove…
Circle Oak East, LLC used heavy machinery to dump soil and crushed rock into roughly 20 acres of federally protected wetlands and about 100 feet of Shoals Creek in rural Georgia to build a private impoundment, all without the required…
TL;DR: Federal enforcement records show that Apex Diesel Performance, a small diesel repair shop in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, turned the illegal removal and defeat of truck pollution controls into a regular line of business. From January 2021 through late 2022, the…
TL;DR:Federal inspectors walked into Siegwerk USA Inc.’s Des Moines facility and found hazardous waste handled without basic safeguards. Siegwerk ran a hazardous secondary materials operation without notifying regulators, left hazardous waste sitting in an unlabeled container with no hazard warning,…
TL;DR: Federal and state regulators accuse Hanover Foods Corporation of repeatedly dumping polluted wastewater into a small Pennsylvania creek that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. Hanover Foods violated its discharge limits more than 600 times since 2016, allowed brown solids and…
A fuel truck operated by K & V Transport, Inc. overturned in Hancock, Michigan, and released about 6,500 gallons of gasoline/ethanol mix and diesel fuel into a public highway, stormwater system, popular beaches, and the Portage Ship Canal (where I…
TL;DR:Donlin Gold and its corporate partners designed an open-pit gold mine in Alaska that will leave behind a vast pit lake full of contaminated water that needs treatment forever to keep toxic metals from flowing into Indigenous fishing waters. A…
TL;DR:EPA enforcement records show that Weakland’s Mechanic Shop in Chest Springs, Pennsylvania, altered pollution-control systems on at least 122 vehicles and sold or installed at least 190 “defeat devices” that undercut federally required emissions controls between January 2019 and July…
TL;DR:A Missouri shopper sued Nike after buying from its “Sustainability Collection,” alleging that thousands of products marketed as sustainable and environmentally friendly were actually made from virgin synthetic and non-organic materials that harm the environment. The lawsuit claims she paid…