A Strong wood pellet facility that sustained an explosion at its mill in August now faces $27,000 in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Geneva ...

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 ...

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) This ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...