A B Brown Generating Station
490
estimated deaths a year
That's about one death for every day of its pollution.
From 45 air pollution, 0.1 toxic chemicals, 450 climate change.
$1.0Bin damage a yearplus $198M–$595M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
154new asthma cases a year
3.7cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
3heart attacks and strokes a year
69ER visits and hospital stays a year
53other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from mercury
2.0 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 460,000 cars
$132Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 9 of the last 12 quarters
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Estimates for one year of pollution (2023), in 2024 dollars: model estimates from EPA data and published methods, not counted deaths. Deaths could be 24 to 1,400. How we estimate