HON facilities are more likely to break air quality laws than other major polluters

Percent of facilities

Definitions: "High Priority Violaton": Committed at least one Clean Air Act violation that is likely to pose significant risk to human health and the environment in the past five years."Chronically Noncompliant": Violated air permit for at least eight out of the past 12 quarters; "At Least 1 Formal Enforcement": Subject to one or more lawsuits or court orders for air violations(s) in the past five years; "Fined": Received one or more penalties for air violation(s) in the past five years 
Chart: Shelby Jouppi for Public Health WatchSource: EPA's Enforcement And Compliance History Online "ECHO" | June 2025Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper