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Tree trunks in Bavaria stored for further processing in a sawmill, taken during an excursion along the value chain of a wood pellet. (Photo by Angelika Warmuth/picture alliance via Getty Images) ...

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.

RIDGELAND – The factory sits along a dusty unpaved road, on a stretch of land dominated by turf and trees, a few miles outside the center of this small town. Up close, the plant’s four silver silos ...

The Jasper County wood pellet mill that neighbors say emitted toxins that made them sick — and broke federal and state environmental regulations requiring permits— agreed to pay the state $15,000 in ...

Dansons USA, based in Phoenix, said Wednesday that it will open a wood-pellet mill and distribution center in Hope with 50 to 100 employees over the next three years. It will be the nation's largest ...

An international energy corporation’s plan to build a wood pellet mill in Fairfield County suffered what might be a final blow to the fading project after months of opposition from area neighbors. A ...

It's been promoted as an economic victory by Gov. Phil Bryant, and labeled an environmental threat by the actor Leonardo DiCaprio. On Tuesday, a state air quality permit board is scheduled to decide ...

The world’s largest wood pellet producer has applied for a major clean energy tax credit for building a new plant in Epes, Ala., but critics say burning wood pellets for energy won’t reduce the ...