Oct 31, 2024
Sign at the Tyson Foods World Headquarters.
Tyson Foods Accused of Misleading Consumers Over Net-Zero Emissions Goals

The environmental watchdog group, Environmental Working Group (EWG), has filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods, accusing the company of making false and misleading claims about its climate-friendly goals. The lawsuit was filed in late September in a Washington D.C. superior court. EWG claims that Tyson Foods’ advertised climate goals are... Read More »

A motor tanker named P/S Dream, involved in a pollution case for illegally discharging oil-contaminated waste into the ocean.
Captain Sentenced, Corporations Fined $2 Million in Ship Pollution Case

A federal court in New Orleans has sentenced Captain Abdurrahman Korkmaz to eight months in prison and imposed a $2 million criminal penalty on two corporations—Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret—for their roles in violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstructing a U.S.... Read More »

Participants struggling in muddy conditions during a Tough Mudder race.
Lawsuit Filed After Tough Mudder Sickens Participants

Over 150 participants of a tough mudder race in California’s Bay Area last year were infected by contaminated water. Today, those participants and others are filing lawsuits against the race organizers and others. The 2023 Sonoma Raceway Tough Mudder, held last year in Sonoma, California, was hosed down and had... Read More »