Gibson power plant
2,000
estimated deaths a year
That's about 5 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 98 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 1,900 climate change.
$3.2Bin damage a yearplus $827M–$2.5B to pull its CO2 back out of the air
429new asthma cases a year
6.6cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
6heart attacks and strokes a year
174ER visits and hospital stays a year
26other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from zinc
3.2 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released380,000 lbs of them cause cancer
8.3 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 1.9 million cars
$4Kin fines over 5 years
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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 49 to 5,800. 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