Merom power plant
1,100
estimated deaths a year
That's about 3 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 46 air pollution, 0.3 toxic chemicals, 1,000 climate change.
$1.7Bin damage a yearplus $464M–$1.4B to pull its CO2 back out of the air
177new asthma cases a year
4.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
3heart attacks and strokes a year
76ER visits and hospital stays a year
81other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from arsenic
1.1 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released110,000 lbs of them cause cancer
4.6 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 1.1 million cars
$0in fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 2 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 24 to 3,200. How we estimate