The European Union is considering changes to its climate policies that could have a big effect on a controversial segment of North Carolina's forestry sector — the wood pellet industry. EU countries ...

Enviva is the largest maker of wood pellets burned for energy in the world. The company has, from its inception, touted its green credentials. It says it doesn’t use big, whole trees, but only uses ...

According to the company’s 2024 annual financial report, Drax used 4.2 million tonnes of “low grade” logs and trees cut down ...

North Carolina’s Cape Fear River is dotted with industrial facilities, cranes, storage containers, large ships, and old cypress trees with large roots anchored in the water. Near the mouth of the ...

The March 2026 episode of Shenandoah Valley Ever Green presents perspectives on the systems connected to forests and trees.

PINE BLUFF -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a global impact on business, and changes in the fuels used to generate electricity in Europe brought on by the war might open up opportunities for ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Dr. Glen Melton gazes upon his towering row of green spires, a tract of conifer forest about 20 miles south of the Arkansas border. Fifty years after receiving a small plot of timberland from his ...

The fuel pellet industry is thriving. Supporters see it as a climate-friendly source of rural jobs. For others, it’s a polluter and destroyer of nature. A tree being dragged to a wood chipper, a first ...