Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC d/b/a Valero Mt. Vernon Plant
43
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 8 days of its pollution.
From 3.0 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 40 climate change.
$78Min damage a yearplus $18M–$53M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
7.2new asthma cases a year
0.1cancers a yearlung cancers from soot
3.9ER visits and hospital stays a year
2.7other illnesses from toxic chemicals a yearmostly from cadmium
22,000lbs of toxic chemicals released9,500 lbs of them cause cancer
180,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 41,000 cars
1water permit violations last year
$24Kin 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 1.8 to 120. How we estimate