Clifty Creek power plant
1,300
estimated deaths a year
That's about 4 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 80 air pollution, 0.2 toxic chemicals, 1,200 climate change.
$2.2Bin damage a yearplus $530M–$1.6B to pull its CO2 back out of the air
545new asthma cases a year
4.3cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
3.6heart attacks and strokes a year
191ER visits and hospital stays a year
40other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from mercury
1.4 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released62,000 lbs of them cause cancer
5.3 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 1.2 million cars
1water permit violations last year
$0in fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 7 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 31 to 3,700. How we estimate