LUCEDALE, Mississippi -- Florida-based Green Circle Bio Energy Inc. is the name attached to George County's new $115 million wood pellet plant announced today. Green Circle already owns the world's ...

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) ...

Deep in the forests of the U.S. South, tree scraps are fueling a little-known but controversial energy boom: wood pellets. Long used to heat homes in the country's Northeast, they're now destined for ...

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 ...

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