Enviva, the world’s largest wood pellet maker with four plants and a marine terminal in Eastern North Carolina, is in financial trouble. After reporting big losses in the fall, the Maryland-based ...

In the search for a clean source of energy, a contender has emerged: little pellets of compressed wood. Harvested from forests in the American South, pine and hardwood trees are dried, compressed, and ...

The price hikes and supply crunches that have clobbered fuel supplies and raised prices throughout the world are starting to affect the one fuel we can call ours: wood pellets. “There is quite a bit ...

Cooking food on one of the best pellet smokers imparts unmatched flavor and texture: It tenderizes meats like brisket and pork shoulder and adds a kiss of smoke to everything from vegetables to ...

A new peer-reviewed study quantifies broadly for the first time the air pollution and public health impacts across the United States from both manufacturing wood pellets and burning them for energy.

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wood pellets, by design, are highly flammable. The small pieces of compressed woody leftovers, like sawdust, are ...