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Over the decades, U.S. power stations have caused staggering fish kills, underscoring an environmental crisis. Notably, the Brayton Point power station in Massachusetts entrained an astounding 164 million menhaden and river herring in just one day in July 1971. Similarly, the P.H. Robinson plant in Texas impacted over seven million fish within two years. The Indian Point facility in New York and the Millstone plant in Connecticut reported millions of fish deaths as well. Despite congressional action, the carnage persists, with billions of aquatic organisms lost daily, unnoticed and unreported.
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Fish Kills • The Brayton Point power station on Mt. Hope Bay in Massachusetts entrained an astonishing 164 million menhaden and river herring on a single day, July 2, 1971. • The P.H. Robinson plant in Galveston Bay, Texas impinged more than seven million fish in 12 months in 1969 and 1970, • Indian Point nuclear facility on New York’s Hudson River impinged 1.3 million fish over a 10-week period. • In the late summer of 1971, more than two million dead menhaden clogged the screens at the Millstone plant in Niantic Bay, Connecticut. • Although Congress took action the carnage never really stopped. In early February 2004, the San Onofre plant north of San Diego killed about 13,500 pounds of sardines in a 24-hour period. And while these extraordinary fish kills make news, the daily losses of billions of aquatic organisms go largely unnoticed
