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.
EPA Region 5 • CAA-05-2024-0005 • Michigan City, Indiana Chlorine in the Neighborhood: How Online Packaging Ran a Poison-Gas Plant Without the Safety Basics EvilCorporations.com • CAA-05-2024-0005 • 26 min read TL;DR Online Packaging, Inc. operates a bleach manufacturing plant…
Environmental Misconduct • Clean Water Act Violation • Ohio Scotts Dumped Sewage Into an Ohio Waterway for Nearly Three Years. The Fine Was $100,000. EvilCorporations.com • Docket No. CWA-05-2024-0013 • 32 min read TL;DR Hyponex Corporation, a subsidiary of Scotts,…
EvilCorporations.com • Investigative Report • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sherwin-Williams Stored Hazardous Waste Like It Was No Big Deal. The EPA Let Them Walk for $10,000. EvilCorporations.com • Docket No. RCRA-07-2024-0149 • 6 min read TL;DR EPA inspectors visited Sherwin-Williams Branch…
EvilCorporations.com • Docket No. CAA-04-2024-0304(b) | Florence, Kentucky • 27 min read SFC Global’s Kentucky Plant Failed Basic Chemical Safety Tests Eight safety violations found at a facility storing 146,200 pounds of a gas that can kill you in seconds.…
EPA Enforcement • Clean Air Act • Docket CAA-05-2025-0006 The Ozone Paper Trail Gold Medal Service Didn’t Keep A New Jersey HVAC giant got caught operating without legally required refrigerant disposal records. The EPA fined them $101,295. The ozone layer…
TL;DR Cunningham Energy, LLC, a West Virginia oil and gas company, and its parent corporation Houston Natural Resources Corp (a Nevada company based in Houston, Texas) reached a settlement with the EPA on June 28, 2024, for eleven separate Clean…
Environmental Accountability • Omaha, Nebraska • 2022–2024 Nox-Crete Released 659,000 Pounds of Toxins. Why Was the Fine Just $37K? Chemical Release EPA Enforcement Public Health Nebraska Source: EPA Region 7 Consent Agreement and Final Order • Filed January 10, 2024…
EvilCorporations.com • Docket No. RCRA-07-2025-0010 | EPA Region 7 • 7 min read $11,250. That Is What a Medical Campus Paid for Three Years of Hazardous Waste Violations. TL;DR The University of Kansas Medical Center, a major academic hospital campus…
How Miller Waste Mills Hid Toxic Imports from the EPA for Years EPA Enforcement TSCA Violation Minnesota 2025 TL;DR Miller Waste Mills, Inc. (operating as RTP Company) in Winona, Minnesota secretly imported four toxic chemical substances for commercial use between…
Iowa State’s Hazardous Waste Violations TL;DR Iowa State University was caught by the EPA for numerous violations of federal hazardous waste laws following a May 13, 2024 inspection. Violations included leaving containers of hazardous waste open, failing to label them…