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.
Caterpillar Pays $64K After Dumping Pollutants Into Illinois Waterway Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project Caterpillar Inc. · EPA Administrative Consent Agreement and Final Order Caterpillar Pays $64K After Dumping Pollutants Into Illinois Waterway EPA found the manufacturing giant violated Clean Water…
TL;DR Hecla Limited’s Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho, violated the Clean Water Act twenty separate times between January 2018 and February 2024, exceeding federal limits on lead, zinc, and copper dumped into the South Fork Coeur d’Alene River. The…
EPA Enforcement Action • Clean Air Act • Nebraska Stored, Ignored, Released: How Kugler Oil Let a Deadly Chemical Sit Without a Safety Plan EvilCorporations.com • Docket No. CAA-07-2024-0078 • 20 min read TL;DR Kugler Oil Company operates a liquid…
EvilCorporations.com • EPA Docket No. CAA-07-2024-0104 • 20 min read 5,402 Hours of Poison Air For 45 months, a foundry in Lincoln, Nebraska ran its pollution control equipment below the legal minimum temperature. The community had no idea. The EPA…
TL;DR A small truck repair shop in rural Illinois, Ursa Truck & Trailer Repair LLC, was caught by the EPA deliberately hacking the engine computers of at least 11 commercial trucks and installing hardware designed to disable pollution controls, a…
Financial Crime / Anti-Money Laundering / FINRA Enforcement 42 Red Flags. Three Years. Zero Reports. FINRA Enforcement Action Accepted: August 22, 2025 | EvilCorporations.com Investigation TL;DR U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. (USBI) failed to file 42 required Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)…
Procter & Gamble’s Charmin: The $2 Billion Greenwashing Machine TL;DR The Lie: Procter & Gamble (P&G) markets its Charmin toilet paper as environmentally sustainable through its “Keep Forests as Forests” and “Protect-Grow-Restore” campaigns. The Profit: This marketing strategy helps P&G…
Clean Water Act Enforcement • Ohio River • EPA Region 5 Poison in the River A coal facility in Bellaire, Ohio spent over a year dumping copper and chloride into the Ohio River without proper monitoring, without required pollution controls,…
EvilCorporations.com • Docket No. RCRA-03-2024-0115 • 12 min read A Chemical Company Left Hazardous Waste Sitting For Over A Year. The Fine Was $5,000. Affinity Research Chemicals, a pharmaceutical synthesis company in Wilmington, Delaware, accumulated multiple drums of hazardous waste…
EvilCorporations.com | Great Lakes for Sale: The Corporate Contamination Files TL;DR DTE Electric’s coal-fired Monroe Power Plant in Michigan was caught violating the Clean Water Act in four separate ways across 2022 and 2023. The plant discharged iron into Lake…