DOJ Stops Monitoring Houston Illegal Dumping in Retreat From Environmental Justice December 11, 2025 By Jim Mustian and Juan A. Lozano The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black...
Shipping Companies Fined $2M for Dumping Oil in Atlantic Ocean May 24, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two shipping companies agreed to pay $2 million in penalties after pleading guilty to federal charges...
Construction Firm Denies Illegal Dumping Charges as ‘Legally, Factually Baseless’ January 23, 2023 A Massachusetts construction company charged with illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill in Rhode Island during a highway...
Massachusetts Firm Charged with Illegal Dumping of Contaminated Fill in Providence January 20, 2023 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of...
Massachusetts Septic Hauler to Pay Fine to Settle Illegal Dumping Lawsuit November 16, 2020 A Massachusetts septic hauling company has agreed to pay up to $500,000 to settle allegations that it dumped waste into...
Suspects in Illegal Toxic Dumping Scheme in Connecticut Plead Not Guilty October 3, 2019 The former superintendent of public works in a Connecticut town and the head of a local construction company have pleaded...
Shipping Company Fined $2M for Dumping Oily Waste into Gulf February 21, 2019 A federal judge ordered a shipping company to pay $2 million in fines after one of its tankers illegally dumped...
Company Pays $951K Fine for Oilfield Waste Dumping in North Dakota January 5, 2018 A Wyoming-based company that illegally dumped oilfield waste in western North Dakota has paid the state more than $950,000 after...