MARCELL -- Tink Birchem believes she has a solution to high heating prices as well as all the pollutants they produce. She and other investors are putting millions of dollars into making what they ...

POTLATCH – A pile of seemingly neglected sawdust sitting outside a north central Idaho sawmill gave birth to Ben Anderberg’s latest big idea. Stored outside, the sawdust didn’t appear to have much ...

BRECKENRIDGE, Colorado – Negotiations are under way for a wood pellet plant to begin operation later this year along Highway 9 at the north end of Breckenridge. The plant would take local ...

You probably don't want to think about it. But it's almost time to fire up the furnace. A regional not-for-profit is trying to get more people to... Oct 06, 2017 — You probably don't want to think ...

As much new technology has gone into your fire pit, firewood is still the most common fuel type—for good reason, too.

Trucks enter and leave Enviva's Northampton County, North Carolina, plant day and night. The U.S. wood pellet industry has grown almost 60% since 2016. Companies are cutting trees and making pellets, ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The N&O just ran a three-part series with front-page coverage on wood pellets and ...

With the U.N. climate summit (COP26) in its second week, Earth is on track to warm by 2.7° Celsius (4.86° Fahrenheit) by 2100, a catastrophic forecast based on projected carbon emissions. However, ...

Spring has sprung and for many of us who’ve had to endure a long, cold, miserable winter, it’s time to get outside, enjoy the sunshine and dust off that gas grill - or maybe throw it away. Let me ...

The U.S. wood pellet industry has grown almost 60% since 2016. Companies are cutting trees and making pellets, mainly to feed power plants in Europe and Asia that burn them for electricity. The ...