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 Crime Corporate Accountability Hazardous Waste EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk | May 2025 | Winter Haven, Florida Sherwin-Williams Fined $213,750 For Poisoning a Town The EPA caught one of America’s biggest paint companies storing arsenic, lead, benzene, and cadmium waste in…
EPA Enforcement Docket No. FIFRA-09-2025-0066 • Vernon, CA The Starco Group Keeps Breaking The Same Environmental Regulation. The Fine Is $1,400. Filed: May 8, 2025 • EPA Region 9, San Francisco • EvilCorporations.com Investigation TL;DR The Starco Group, Inc., a…
TL;DR Docket No. MM-09-2025-0061: The EPA Region IX issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order against Ultramar, Inc., dba Valero Wilmington Refinery, a petroleum refinery operating at 2402 East Anaheim Street, Wilmington, California. Nine separate violations were alleged spanning failures…
The Black Snow of Florida: How Florida Crystals Sells a Green Lie Fueled by Toxic Smoke TL;DR The Claim: Florida Crystals, owned by the billionaire Fanjul family, markets its sugar with feel-good phrases like “Farming to Help Save the Planet”…
EPA Enforcement • Lead Paint Violations • South Carolina Two Thousand Dollars.One Family. Lead Everywhere. Filed: May 9, 2024 • Docket: TSCA-04-2024-6103(b) • Respondent: J.W. Construction of Ridgeland, LLC • Region: EPA Region 4, South Carolina TL;DR ■ WHO: J.W.…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement • Benton Harbor, Michigan • EPA Region 5 $6,250. Eight Violations. Hazardous Waste. The Fine That Proves the System Works for Them. Docket No. RCRA-05-2025-0017 | Inspected: April 16, 2024 | Filed: April 30, 2025 | Tech…
Docket No. MM-05-2025-0001 | EPA Region 5 | Filed May 9, 2025 780 Pounds of Poison: How Northwoods Ice Let Anhydrous Ammonia Flood Bemidji’s Air and Told Nobody for 17 Months EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk | Source: U.S. EPA Consent Agreement…
Chemical Roulette: Continental Tire’s $415,000 Fee for Ignoring Public Safety TL;DR The Facts: Continental Tire the Americas, LLC was slapped with a $415,000 civil penalty by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for multiple violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act…
EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 2:25-cv-00465, W.D. Wash., Filed 03/14/2025 • 55 min read Amazon’s Green Lie: How “Climate Pledge Friendly” Toilet Paper Is Burning Down Canada’s Last Great Forest TL;DR A federal class action complaint filed March 14, 2025 in…
Tekni-Plex Ran an Unlicensed Pesticide Operation and Paid $1,000 to Make It Go Away EvilCorporations.com • FIFRA-10-2025-0079 • 7 min read TL;DR Tekni-Plex Inc., a specialty materials and packaging company headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, operated a pesticide-producing facility in Yakima,…