Michigan City Generating Station
350
estimated deaths a year
That's about one death for every day of its pollution.
From 16 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 330 climate change.
$547Min damage a yearplus $148M–$443M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
78new asthma cases a year
1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
30ER visits and hospital stays a year
4.6other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from mercury
300,000lbs of toxic chemicals released
1.5 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 340,000 cars
$5Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 12 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 7.5 to 1,000. How we estimate