US Steel - Midwest Plant
26
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 14 days of its pollution.
From 0.8 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 25 climate change.
$36Min damage a yearplus $11M–$33M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
3.8new asthma cases a year
1.4ER visits and hospital stays a year
6,600lbs of toxic chemicals released
110,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 26,000 cars
$9Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 5 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 0.4 to 76. How we estimate