TL;DR Hanover Foods Corporation, a Pennsylvania food-processing giant, violated its federal and state water pollution permit more than 600 times between November 2016 and early 2022, dumping industrial wastewater into Oil Creek, a tributary that flows directly into the Chesapeake…
Environmental Accountability Investigation 6,500 Gallons. Public Beaches. A $12,000 Fine. Source: EPA Region 5 Consent Agreement and Final Order | Filed: November 17, 2025 | EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk TL;DR On June 24, 2021, a K & V Transport, Inc. tractor-trailer…
TL;DR Weakland’s Mechanic Shop in Chest Springs, Pennsylvania tampered with emissions controls on 122 vehicles and sold 190 illegal defeat devices between January 2019 and July 2020. The shop hacked engine computers and physically removed pollution filters designed to keep…
TL;DR On January 2, 2025, ContiTech USA, LLC dumped 125 gallons of hydraulic oil into a Nebraska waterway from its Lincoln rubber manufacturing plant. The oil flowed through a cistern and drainage ditch, contaminated a tributary of Salt Creek, and…
TL;DR A Los Angeles-based importer called Naomi Trading Co. Ltd. shipped 180 uncertified, emissions-illegal gas-powered chainsaws into the United States in June 2025. The company first tried to claim these chainsaws were not regulated by the EPA at all, a…
EvilCorporations.com | Environmental Accountability | October 2025 Air Toxics Public Health Government Negligence Sacramento’s Toxic Air Secret: The Landfill That Poisoned the Sky for Eight Months Sacramento County let cancer-linked gases bleed into the air from January through September 2023.…
TL;DR Sherwin-Williams stored a chemically unstable, explosive organic peroxide at its Garland, Texas facility without adequately accounting for the region’s extreme summer heat. On August 7, 2023, the chemical overheated, decomposed, and caused an overpressure release event, sending hazardous vapors…
EvilCorporations.com | Environmental Enforcement They Sold 635 Illegal Smog Devices. The Government Let Them Off for $12,415. Clean Air Act Defeat Devices EPA Enforcement El Monte, California EGR Delete Kits Filed: February 6, 2024 | EPA Region IX | Reported…
Environmental Accountability • Missouri • Clean Water Act The Lagoons That Overflowed Into Your River How Two Rivers Cattle Feeders dumped feedlot waste into Missouri’s waterways for years — without a single permit to do it. Source: EPA Administrative Order…
TL;DR Heatron, Inc., an industrial manufacturer in Leavenworth, Kansas, stored toxic materials including ferric chloride, corrosive waste, and flammable chemicals with zero proper containment, labeling, or safety training. The EPA caught Heatron with unlabeled hazardous waste buckets, open toxic containers,…