Each year 24,000 premature deaths – 550,000 asthma attacks – 38,000 heart attacks – 12,000 hospital admissions attributed to Coal Plant pollution…..more

Among Texas youth under 18 years of age, 61 of every 1000 who live within a 30 mile radius of a coal-fired power plant have Asthma…..more

The lung cancer mortality rate in Matagorda County was 28% to 60% higher than state averages…..Texas State Department of Health Services