The February 15, 2018, methane blowout at XTO Energy’s Schnegg C 7H well in Belmont County, Ohio, was a massive industrial accident—as well as a completely preventable disaster emblematic of corporate negligence and greed. This catastrophic event released more than…
Manitowoc Sold Over 1,000 Cranes With Illegal Engines Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project The Manitowoc Company, Inc. · Consent Decree Manitowoc Sold Over 1,000 Cranes With Illegal Engines For years, Manitowoc Company sold mobile cranes with uncertified engines that violated federal…
TL;DRFor decades, industrial operations linked to the Anaconda Smelter, later owned by Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), left widespread arsenic contamination across soils, railroad beds, and commercial areas in Anaconda, Montana. According to the EPA, toxic materials used and dispersed during…
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…
Denali Water Solutions Accused of Dumping Excess Sewage Sludge Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project Denali Water Solutions, LLC · Civil Enforcement Action / Consent Decree Denali Water Solutions Accused of Dumping Excess Sewage Sludge Federal lawsuit alleges the company repeatedly overapplied…
Colville Inc’s Years Of Pollution TL;DR For three full years, Colville, Inc. operated eight massive gasoline storage tanks in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, without the legally required pollution control equipment, releasing uncontrolled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)…
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…
Black Hills Gas and Partners Face EPA Action Over Toxic Superfund Site Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project Black Hills Nebraska Gas, LLC · Consent Decree (CERCLA Enforcement) Black Hills Gas and Partners Face EPA Action Over Toxic Superfund Site Three corporations…