Edwardsport power plant
650
estimated deaths a year
That's about 2 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 11 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 640 climate change.
$826Min damage a yearplus $282M–$845M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
79new asthma cases a year
0.6cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
27ER visits and hospital stays a year
6.4other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from mercury
260,000lbs of toxic chemicals released27,000 lbs of them cause cancer
2.8 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 660,000 cars
$15Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 1 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 4.3 to 1,900. How we estimate