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#71 deadliest in Indiana

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation

Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing · Rockport, Indiana · Spencer County · owned by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
28
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 13 days of its pollution.
From 3.1 air pollution, 25 climate change.
$63Min damage a yearplus $11M–$34M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
8.3new asthma cases a year
0.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
3.9ER visits and hospital stays a year
7.1 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released200,000 lbs of them cause cancer
110,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 26,000 cars
2water permit violations last yeardischarges into Ohio River, already listed as polluted
$0in fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 3 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 1.8 to 80. How we estimate