Cardinal Ethanol, LLC
39
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 9 days of its pollution.
From 1.1 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 38 climate change.
$54Min damage a yearplus $17M–$50M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
5.1new asthma cases a year
2.1ER visits and hospital stays a year
14,000lbs of toxic chemicals released5,900 lbs of them cause cancer
170,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 39,000 cars
3water permit violations last yeardischarges into White River, already listed as polluted
$56Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 11 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 0.5 to 110. How we estimate