1. A Dust Cloud Over Granite City Before sunrise trucks rumble across the levee into Madison County, hauling slag that will be crushed, piled, and shipped to construction sites across the Midwest. At the heart of this supply chain sits…
Frontida BioPharm Fined for Years of Hazardous Waste Violations Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project Frontida BioPharm, LLC · EPA Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order Frontida BioPharm Fined for Years of Hazardous Waste Violations EPA found the Philadelphia pharmaceutical packager operated…
W.R. Grace Operated Unpermitted Hazardous Waste Facility in Albany Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn. · EPA Administrative Consent Order W.R. Grace Operated Unpermitted Hazardous Waste Facility in Albany The chemical manufacturer stored toxic solvents in unlabeled…
Corporate Greed Case Study: How Repeated Clean Water Act Violations in Rural Ohio Exposed the Cracks in America’s Environmental Safeguards 1. Introduction — When the River Turned Against the Village On the outskirts of Shreve, Ohio, a drainage channel called Kiser Ditch looks…
Corporate Pollution Case Study: Nox‑Crete, Inc. & Its Impact on Omaha Communities 1. Introduction Shortly after sunrise on May 30, 2022, a towering wall of flame swallowed Nox‑Crete, Inc.’s chemical warehouse in South Omaha. Within minutes, an estimated 659,543 pounds of volatile chemicals—40,262 pounds…
BP’s Ohio Refinery Caught Hiding Toxic Releases TL;DR BP Products and Ohio Refining Company’s facility in Oregon, Ohio released over 54,000 pounds of hazardous Hydrogen Sulfide and Sulfur Dioxide in two separate events. The corporation failed to “immediately notify” emergency…
A River of Filth: How Swift Beef Polluted Nebraska Waters For Years TL;DR The Corporation: Swift Beef Company, a massive meat processing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, which processes around 4,500 cattle per day. The Crime: For at least five…
Three Signatures, Zero Answers: The EPA’s Wall Of Silence TL;DR The Facts: On September 16-17, 2024, a document was digitally signed by three individuals, Larry Lamberth, Tanya Floyd, and Shannon Richardson, and filed with the Hearing Clerk for the U.S.…
TL;DR The Facts: From January 2018 to January 2021, Michigan-based Dirty Hooker Diesel LLC sold at least 271 illegal “defeat devices” designed to disable pollution controls on diesel trucks. They physically installed at least 212 of them. The Misconduct: This…
Concrete Profits, Poisoned Waters TL;DR The Corporation: Dutchland, Inc., a precast concrete manufacturer in Gap, Pennsylvania. The Crime: Illegally discharging polluted industrial stormwater into a local waterway, an unnamed tributary to Williams Run, without a permit. The Evidence: An EPA…