Rockport power plant
740
estimated deaths a year
That's about 2 deaths for every day of its pollution.
From 35 air pollution, 0.1 toxic chemicals, 700 climate change.
$1.2Bin damage a yearplus $311M–$934M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
143new asthma cases a year
2.7cancers a yearlung cancers from soot, and cancers from toxic chemicals
2.2heart attacks and strokes a year
60ER visits and hospital stays a year
16other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from hexavalent chromium
1.4 millionlbs of toxic chemicals released50,000 lbs of them cause cancer
3.1 milliontons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 730,000 cars
1water permit violations last yeardischarges into Honey Creek, already listed as polluted
$0in fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 8 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 18 to 2,200. How we estimate