Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC
1,700
estimated deaths a year
That's about 5 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 190 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 1,500 climate change.
$3.9Bin damage a yearplus $685M–$2.1B to pull its CO2 back out of the air
411new asthma cases a year
11cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
15heart attacks and strokes a year
235ER visits and hospital stays a year
113other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from zinc
1.8 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released7,600 lbs of them cause cancer
6.8 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 1.6 million cars
3water permit violations last yeardischarges into Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, already listed as polluted
$404Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 12 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 120 to 4,900. One of the largest sources of fine particles in the US. EPA flags its 2023 figure as unusually high, but it is in line with or below what the plant reported in 2017 and 2020. How we estimate