Petersburg power plant
1,200
estimated deaths a year
That's about 3 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 75 air pollution, 0.1 toxic chemicals, 1,100 climate change.
$2.1Bin damage a yearplus $488M–$1.5B to pull its CO2 back out of the air
391new asthma cases a year
4.7cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
4.1heart attacks and strokes a year
149ER visits and hospital stays a year
32other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from arsenic
140,000lbs of toxic chemicals released4,000 lbs of them cause cancer
4.9 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 1.1 million cars
12water permit violations last yeardischarges into W Fk White R & Lick Creek, already listed as polluted
$6Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 9 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 35 to 3,400. How we estimate