RIDGELAND — Environmental groups threatened to sue a wood pellet factory on Tuesday, accusing it of releasing more than 100 tons of air pollution a year in violation of the Clean Air Act. A legal ...

A southern Georgia facility considered the world’s largest producer of wood pellets used for fuel ― a process the company claims to be “carbon neutral” ― is releasing as much as three times the ...

RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — Environmental groups are threatening to sue a wood pellet factory in South Carolina, accusing it of releasing more than 100 tons of air pollution each year in violation of the ...

RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — Environmental groups are threatening to sue a wood pellet factory in South Carolina, accusing it of releasing more than 100 tons of air pollution each year in violation of the ...

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 ...

Oct. 21--JAFFREY -- Firefighters from 13 towns and Jaffrey were sent to battle a fire at the New England Wood Pellet on Old Sharon Road Thursday night. An employee detected a fire in a company "cooler ...

FAIRBANKS - The backers of a soon-to open wood pellet factory are betting that Alaskans are ready to change the way they heat their homes. Superior Pellet Fuels, located between Fairbanks and North ...

HAZLEHURST, Ga. -- An explosion sent four people to the hospital in Jeff Davis County Tuesday afternoon. Emergency workers say the explosion happened at Hazlehurst Wood Pellets on Highway 341 in Jeff ...

The next few weeks could shape the future of one of the biggest economic players in Eastern North Carolina. Enviva, the world's largest wood-to-energy company that supports thousands of jobs in rural ...

Editor’s note: Paul Lefebvre is a staff writer for the Barton Chronicle, a weekly newspaper that covers Orleans County. This story first appeared in the Chronicle on Feb. 9, 2011. Rep. Peter Welch ...

DEMOPOLIS, Ala. (AP) - A nearly $100 million factory to produce wood pellets is planned for the west Alabama city of Demopolis. The Tuscaloosa-based Westervelt is partnering with Canadian Pinnacle ...