The State

SC wood pellet mill made people sick, neighbors say. Has it followed regulations?

Jackie Reynolds closes her eyes and massages her temples. The throbbing headache is back. It’s become all too regular. Two doors down, Shannon Smith rolls over in bed and tries to fall back asleep.
The State

Europe’s appetite for wood is clashing with Black communities in South Carolina

Silos of Jasper Pellets can be seen along Nimmer Turf Road as seen on Sept. 24, 2020 in Ridgeland, S.C. Environmental groups claim Jasper Pellets has been converting wood chips into pellets without ...
CBC.ca

Pellet plan shot down for former Abitibi mill

A proposal to make pellets at the former AbitibiBowater mill in Grand Falls-Windsor is dead, CBC News has learned. In May, Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy confirmed that a company was ...
Mongabay

UK’s Drax targets California forests for two major wood pellet plants

Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR), a California state-funded nonprofit focused on rural economic development, along with the U.K.’s Drax, a global maker of biomass for energy, have signed an ...