Covanta Energy
89
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 4 days of its pollution.
From 9.2 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 80 climate change.
$193Min damage a yearplus $36M–$107M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
47new asthma cases a year
0.3cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
18ER visits and hospital stays a year
1.7other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from mercury
360,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 83,000 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 4.4 to 250. How we estimate