US Coal Plants Killed 460,000 People Between 1999 and 2020

24 Nov 2023 | Abstracted from

"After calculating annual exposure to fine particulates - known as PM2.5 - from 480 coal plants and examining Medicare death records, the [George Mason University] researchers found that between 420,000 to 500,000 excess deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades were attributable to coal pollution.

"After 2007, annual excess deaths attributable to coal pollution fell sharply, hitting around 1,600 in 2020."

ADDITIONAL RELATED NEWS LINKS