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.
For over a year, a 6.5-acre coastal development project repeatedly discharged polluted runoff into Puerto Rico’s Piletas Creek and the Caribbean Sea on at least 81 separate occasions. An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement complaint reveals a systemic breakdown of…
For three years, a Pennsylvania manufacturing corporation processed tens of thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals, including chromium and nickel, while systematically failing to inform federal and state regulators… or even the public. This silence was a direct violation of…
For years, a sprawling compound in Deerpark, New York, has allegedly discharged wastewater contaminated with fecal bacteria into the Basher Kill and Neversink River at levels wildly exceeding legal limits. Tests revealed fecal (poop) coliform concentrations reaching over 700 parts…
How Over 112,000 Gallons of Oil Sat Unprotected by a Kansas Waterway An oil production company operated two facilities in Kansas with a combined storage capacity of over 112,000 gallons of oil and produced water without the legally required safety…
It was just another Tuesday in Putnam, Connecticut. February 15, 2022. A KMT Enterprises tanker truck rumbled onto the property of DCC Propane, tasked with a routine delivery: 10,000 gallons of heating oil. It’s the kind of thing that happens…
In Pasadena, Texas, along Underwood Road, sits a facility that cleans the guts of our supply chain—the massive cargo tanks that haul chemicals across the country. It’s a dirty, necessary job. But for an unknown amount of time, the air…
A fire tore through a chemical plant in New Lennox, Illinois on August 3rd, 2019. The blaze consumed buildings owned and operated by MPG Industries, Inc., and its associated companies, Millridge Industries and Millridge IV. For days, the fire raged.…
A River of Excuses West Virginia has some rivers. The ones relevant to this story are the Elk, the Kanawha, the Pocatalico. Picture the water slipping over ancient stones, the glint of sunlight on the surface. These are the places…
The Bombs We Live Beside Life moves at a gentle pace on University Street in Guide Rock, Nebraska. It’s a small town, the kind of place where the biggest daily risk should be missing the lunch special at the local…
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…