Clean Air Act Enforcement • Case 2:24-cv-01635 • E.D. Wisconsin The Clean Air We Deserve vs. Manitowoc’s Reality EvilCorporations.com • Civil Action No. 2:24-cv-1635 • 39 min read TL;DR The Manitowoc Company, Inc., along with its subsidiaries Grove U.S. L.L.C.…
TL;DR Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) and Rarus Railway Company contaminated soil in and around Anaconda, Montana with arsenic levels reaching up to 3,800 parts per million, more than 15 times the standard considered hazardous for residential soil. The EPA found…
LANXESS Inc: Poisoning South Carolina Air For Profit The Dossier The Facts: The United States government, at the request of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is suing LANXESS Corporation. The case is Civil Action No. 2:24-cv-07522-DCN in the U.S. District…
THE RECEIPTS: TL;DR THE ACCUSED: FMC Corporation, a Delaware-based chemical company. THE PLAINTIFFS: The United States Government (on behalf of the Dept. of Interior) and the Commonwealth of Virginia. THE CRIME SCENE: A 440-acre former rayon plant site in Front…
EvilCorporations.com | Investigative Report | September 2024 Source: SEC Administrative Proceeding • Release No. 100983 • September 10, 2024 TL;DR Keurig ran recyclability tests beginning in 2016 and received direct written feedback from two of the nation’s largest recycling companies…
Walmart’s “Reef Friendly” Sunscreen Is A Toxic Lie THE INVESTIGATION: IN BRIEF The Lie: Walmart sells Equate brand sunscreen prominently labeled “Reef Friendly,” targeting environmentally conscious consumers. The Truth: The product contains at least four active chemical ingredients—Avobenzone, Homosalate, Octisalate,…
Federal Lawsuit • Clean Water Act • Case 2:24-cv-03084-DWL The Company Burying California’s Sewage in Arizona’s Groundwater EvilCorporations.com • Case 2:24-cv-03084-DWL, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona • 16 min read TL;DR Denali Water Solutions, LLC, a Delaware company headquartered…
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…
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…
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…