FREMONT, Neb. — Wood dust is the likely cause of a July 29 explosion at a pellet plant in Fremont, Nebraska. The July 29 blast killed three people, including a male employee and his two daughters, ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality has approved plans to address fugitive dust pollution coming from Enviva's wood pellet plants in ...
State regulators visited a Fremont wood pellet plant in February, finding a potentially faulty dust collection system had allowed sawdust to waft from the facility five months before state fire ...
There is a growing industry that's providing wood pellets for power. Pellet producers say it's renewable energy, but critics argue that this practice is actually clear-cutting trees — removing a ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - After complaints from neighbors living in Sunset Park, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has approved fugitive dust ...
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Environmental advocacy groups gathered Friday to discuss the impact of the wood pellet industry on climate and public health during a boat ride on the Cape Fear River in ...
State regulators have ordered two companies that operate out of the Port of Wilmington to implement new measures to better control dust emissions from their facilities. The move comes after several ...