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10/22/2026

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/united-states-obtains-4-million-penalty-settlement-estate-harry-d-silverstein-0

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Drew McCall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), and Acting Inspector General Brian D. Harrison of the HUD Office of the Inspector General (“HUD OIG”), announced today th...

10/17/2026

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/father-and-daughter-admit-roles-conspiracy-violate-clean-air-act

SAN DIEGO – Ricky Jesus Rodriguez and his daughter, Jasmine Rodriguez, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting they participated in a months-long conspiracy to smuggle banned refrigerants from Mexico into the United States on behalf of American air conditioning companies. Ricky Rodriguez ...

10/14/2026

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/lawrence-county-man-sentenced-water-pollution

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10/08/2026

https://www.justice.gov/enrd/blog/environmental-crimes-bulletin-august-2026

This issue of the Bulletin includes cases involving waste oil dumping, pesticide smuggling, dog and chicken fighting, animal torture videos, illegal hunting, an underground mine fire, illegal air emissions, employee deaths, slaughterhouse waste discharges, and more.

10/08/2026

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-motions-defending-rule-rescinding-regulatory-definitions-harm-it

10/02/2026

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-poaching-more-40-bobcats-and-exporting-them-canada

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09/22/2026

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-allows-us-government-exchange-land-spacex-south-texas-0

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas yesterday allowed a land exchange to proceed between the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and SpaceX in South Texas. The court denied a preliminary injunction request, finding that the plaintiffs failed to establish an injury in fact to suppo...

09/22/2026

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/medical-equipment-sterilizer-agrees-limits-destruction-toxic-ethylene-oxide-emissions

The Justice Department, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), lodged a proposed settlement agreement with medical equipment sterilizer Steri-Tech Inc. yesterday to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act and related federal and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico regulations...

09/16/2026

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/president-environmental-company-sentenced-more-six-and-half-years-prison-leaving

“Environmental fraud causes substantial damage to the health, safety, and economic security of our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros.

09/11/2026

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/dairy-manager-sentenced-role-polluting-waterway-waste-caused-fish-kill

A 54-year-old man employed at a northern Ohio dairy was sentenced after he admitted responsibility for environmental pollutants that were dumped into a waterway.