Cleveland-Cliffs Tek Inc. and Cleveland-Cliffs Kote Inc.
24
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 15 days of its pollution.
From 2.1 air pollution, 22 climate change.
$48Min damage a yearplus $9.9M–$30M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
7.9new asthma cases a year
0.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
3.4ER visits and hospital stays a year
5other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from zinc
140,000lbs of toxic chemicals released10,000 lbs of them cause cancer
99,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 23,000 cars
$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 1.1 to 70. How we estimate