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.…
Corporate Pollution Case Study: General Electric / United Nuclear Corporation and Its Devastation on the Navajo Nation The Human Story: A Disrupted Community’s Long Wait for Justice For the families of the Red Water Pond Road Community, the land has…
Apparently, Manitowoc thinks clean air is optional—at least for them. Why bother with pesky things like emissions certifications when you can just slap an engine into a crane and call it a day? After all, what’s a little air pollution…
In the present day world of neoliberal capitalism, corporations often prioritize profit over people and the environment. The case of the Water Supply and Storage Company (WSSC) highlights the severe consequences of corporate negligence, particularly in the realm of environmental…
In the public record of environmental enforcement actions, few documents are as startling as the revised consent decree entered on August 30, 2021, between the United States government, the State of Indiana, and United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel). The…
Few legal cases capture the complex interplay between corporate ambition, environmental destruction, and public health hazards quite like the allegations against Black Hills Nebraska Gas, Brightspeed Kansas Holdings, and the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) in the legal documents attached…
1. Introduction It began with a patch of land in Gloucester County, New Jersey, where thousands of corroded compressed-gas cylinders lay scattered among mounds of scrap metal—a quiet, unassuming property known as the Shamrock Enterprises Site (“the Site”). These tanks…
Corporate Racism Case Study: Rocket Mortgage and The Systemic Devaluation of Black Homes The $220,000 Disappearance In January 2021, Francesca Cheroutes, a Black woman and homeowner in Denver’s thriving Hale neighborhood, decided to make a smart financial move. With mortgage…
A Nation Sold for Parts For the people of Mozambique, the promise of a state-of-the-art tuna fishing fleet was a promise of jobs, food security, and a new stream of national revenue. It was a vision of a prosperous future,…