Environmental Capture
The Environmental Capture capture lane traces 139 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1619–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-16 | Flint Switches Back to Detroit Water After 18 Months—But Damage to Children Is Permanent
3 src Rick Snyder · Dayne Walling · Flint City Government | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-02 | Michigan Finally Confirms Lead Problem and Advises Filters—18 Months After Poisoning Began
3 src Michigan Department of Health and Human Services · Rick Snyder · Genesee County Health Department | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-18 | EPA Exposes Volkswagen Dieselgate: 11 Million Cars with Emissions Defeat Devices
4 src Volkswagen Group · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · California Air Resources Board (CARB) · International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-08-01 | ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection System Expands to Major U.S. Cities
3 src ShotSpotter · NYPD · Sacramento Police Department | confirmed | |
| 2015-07-28 | FBI Indianapolis Field Office Receives Nassar Allegations from USA Gymnastics, Fails to Open Investigation for 14 Months
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · W. Jay Abbott · Michael Langeman · USA Gymnastics · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-18 | LeeAnne Walters' Water Tests Show Lead at 104 ppb—Nearly 7 Times EPA Limit
3 src LeeAnne Walters · Marc Edwards · City of Flint · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 2014-10-13 | GM Plant Stops Using Flint Water After It Corrodes Car Parts—But Residents Must Keep Drinking It
3 src General Motors · Darnell Earley · Flint City Government | confirmed | |
| 2014-04-25 | Flint Switches to Corrosive River Water to Save Money, Poisoning Entire City
4 src Darnell Earley · Flint Department of Public Works · Michigan Department of Environmental Quality | confirmed | |
| 2014-01-01 | Flint Water Crisis (2014-2024) - 12,000 Children Poisoned, Zero Accountability
5 src Rick Snyder · Darnell Earley · Mona Hanna-Attisha · LeeAnne Walters · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-10-22 | Climate Scientist Michael Mann Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Climate Denial Writers
4 src Michael Mann · Rand Simberg · Mark Steyn · Competitive Enterprise Institute · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-10-01 | ALEC's 'Electricity Freedom Act' Systematically Attacks State Renewable Energy Standards
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heartland Institute · James Taylor · Edison Electric Institute · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2012-01-01 | Hospital Acquisition of Physician Practices Enables Facility Fee Price Gouging, Driving 53% Increase in Outpatient Costs
3 src Hospital corporations · Private equity firms | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Pam Bondi Serves as Florida AG 2011-2019, Never Prosecutes Epstein Despite Mounting Evidence
3 src Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | CNP Coordinates Tea Party Movement Through Member Organizations
2 src Council for National Policy · Jenny Beth Martin · Tea Party Patriots · Tony Perkins · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | DonorsTrust Organizational Profile: Dark Money ATM Enabling Anonymous Billionaire Political Spending
4 src DonorsTrust · Donors Capital Fund · Whitney Lynn Ball · Kimberly Dennis · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2009-04-16 | Obama Releases CIA Torture Memos But Promises No Prosecutions for Torturers
4 src Barack Obama · Eric Holder · Central Intelligence Agency · John Yoo · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2008-08-18 | General Dynamics Pays $4 Million to Settle Fraud Charges for Defective Submarine and Aircraft Parts
2 src General Dynamics · Benton J. Campbell · Defense Criminal Investigative Service · U.S. Navy | confirmed | |
| 2007-03-01 | Stephen Miller and Richard Spencer Organize White Nationalist Speaker at Duke University
3 src Stephen Miller · Richard Spencer | confirmed | |
| 2006-05-15 | eBay v. MercExchange: Supreme Court Limits Automatic Patent Injunctions, Enabling Patent Troll Business Model to Flourish
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · Anthony Kennedy · eBay · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2002-05-17 | Bush Administration Redefines Mining Waste as Fill Material to Enable Mountaintop Removal
4 src George W. Bush · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Coal Industry | confirmed | |
| 2001-05-17 | National Energy Policy Adopts Enron Recommendations Verbatim
3 src Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · Enron · Kenneth Lay · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2001-04-17 | Kenneth Lay's Influence on Cheney Energy Task Force: Corporate Policy Capture
4 src Kenneth Lay · Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · Enron Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2001-02-09 | Cheney Energy Task Force Begins Secret Meetings with Enron Executives
4 src Dick Cheney · Kenneth Lay · George W. Bush | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-12 | Clinton Roadless Rule Protects 58 Million Acres of National Forests from Logging
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Forest Service · Timber industry · Mining Industry | confirmed | |
| 1998-04-03 | American Petroleum Institute "Victory" Memo Outlines Climate Disinformation Strategy
5 src American Petroleum Institute · Randy Randol · ExxonMobil · Chevron · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-01 | ALEC's 'Economic Impact Statement Act' Uses Cost-Benefit Analysis to Kill Environmental Regulations
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · State Environmental Agencies · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Environment Task Force Passes 100+ Anti-Regulation Bills Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1987-01-01 | Cato Institute Organizational Profile: 'Libertarian' Cover for Corporate Deregulation Agenda
4 src Cato Institute · Charles Koch · Ed Crane · Murray Rothbard · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1983-12-01 | Rita Lavelle Convicted of Perjury: EPA Superfund Corruption Confirmed
4 src Rita Lavelle · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Aerojet-General Corporation · Ronald Reagan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1983-10-09 | James Watt Resigns After Racist Remarks: Interior Department Corruption Ends
4 src James Watt · Ronald Reagan · Department of Interior · Beach Boys | confirmed | |
| 1983-06-30 | Phelps Dodge Breaks Copper Strike Using Permanent Replacement Workers, Destroying Union
3 src Phelps Dodge Corporation · United Steelworkers · Arizona miners · National Labor Relations Board | confirmed | |
| 1983-03-09 | Anne Gorsuch Resigns EPA After Contempt of Congress: Regulatory Capture Exposed
4 src Anne Gorsuch Burford · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1982-04-22 | Berkeley Pit Mine Closes on Earth Day, Pumps Shut Off, Creating Toxic Lake Superfund Site
3 src Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) · Anaconda Copper Mining Company · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Montana Department of Environmental Quality · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1973-09-03 | Bunker Hill Smelter Fire Leads to Worst Corporate Lead Poisoning in U.S. History
4 src Gulf Resources & Chemical Corp. · Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical Complex · Idaho Department of Health · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-31 | Clean Air Act of 1970 Creates EPA and National Air Quality Standards Despite Industry Opposition
3 src President Richard Nixon · Senator Edmund Muskie · American Petroleum Institute · National Coal Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-02 | Nixon Creates Environmental Protection Agency Consolidating Federal Environmental Authority
5 src President Richard Nixon · William Ruckelshaus · Council on Environmental Quality | confirmed | |
| 1970-04-22 | First Earth Day Mobilizes 20 Million Americans, Launches Modern Environmental Movement
3 src Senator Gaylord Nelson · Denis Hayes · Environmental Action · President Richard Nixon | confirmed | |
| 1964-09-03 | Wilderness Act Signed After Eight Years of Industry Opposition, Creates National Wilderness Preservation System
3 src President Lyndon B. Johnson · Howard Zahniser · Wilderness Society · U.S. Forest Service · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1963-12-17 | Clean Air Act of 1963 Establishes First Federal Air Pollution Control Despite Industry Opposition
5 src President John F. Kennedy · President Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress · American Petroleum Institute · +1 | confirmed |