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.
The Price of Poison THE RECEIPTS WHO: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. & Clougherty Packing, LLC (Farmer John). WHERE: Farmer John meatpacking facility, Vernon, California. WHEN: EPA inspection on September 21, 2017. Settlement announced May 17, 2022. THE VIOLATION: Multiple breaches…
Chromium And Punishment TL;DR The Facts: U.S. Steel Corporation will pay a $1.5 million penalty for longstanding air pollution violations dating back to 2016 at its Edgar Thomson Works facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania. The Misconduct: The corporation poisoned the air…
A River of Cyanide: Cleveland-Cliffs’ Cost of Doing Business TL;DR In August 2019, Cleveland-Cliffs’ Indiana steel mill had a pump failure, discharging untreated wastewater full of cyanide and ammonia into the Little Calumet River. The toxic release killed hundreds of…
The Long Shadow of Corporate Pollution in Norfolk, Nebraska EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 8:24-cv-00425 • 60 min read TL;DR A federally designated Superfund site in Norfolk, Nebraska, sits on top of decades of industrial contamination from a former manufactured gas…
A Knight-Mare On Clean Air Street TL;DR The Facts: The EPA is in year two of a four-year national enforcement campaign against trucking companies that illegally tamper with vehicle emissions systems, a direct violation of the Clean Air Act. The…
A FOREVER POISON TL;DR Occidental Chemical Company (OxyChem), a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum, contaminated a 23-acre industrial site in Belle, West Virginia, with dangerous chemicals. The main pollutants are volatile organic compounds including methylene chloride, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride, which…
Gremex Shipping Dumped Oily Waste at Sea and Falsified Records Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project Gremex Shipping Ltd. · Criminal prosecution and guilty plea Gremex Shipping Dumped Oily Waste at Sea and Falsified Records For years, Gremex discharged untreated oily bilge…
Hilcorp Energy faces lawsuit for illegal air pollution Core Allegations: What They Did HIGH Hilcorp failed to capture 100 percent of VOC emissions from its storage tanks. HIGH The company operated its Mahoning-Buckner facility without the required permit authorization. HIGH…
The Price of Poison TL;DR XTO Energy Inc., an oil and gas giant, was caught repeatedly violating the Clean Air Act at its well pads in Butler County, Pennsylvania. EPA inspections in 2018 and 2019 documented that XTO’s “Vapor Control…
The Price of Poison: $1.96 Per Gallon TL;DR: The Receipts WHO: Apollo Aerosol Industries, LLC, led by President and CEO Edward Byczynski. WHAT: Discharged 2,300 gallons of oil into a public waterway, violating the Clean Water Act. WHERE: From their…