Grist
Wood Pellet Giant Promised Jobs, Delivered Dust and Disappointment
Enviva's wood pellet facility in North Carolina promised jobs but delivered dust, noise, and pollution - while burning pellets emits more carbon than coal. Surprise!
2026-06-24
Grist
2026-06-18
Inside Climate News
North Carolina Residents Sue County, Ask 'Is It Too Much to Ask for Water That Won't Give Us Cancer?'
Residents of St. Pauls, NC, file a federal lawsuit alleging Robeson County knowingly allowed a landfill to contaminate drinking water with PFAS - a problem that, like the county's proposed expansion, keeps growing.
2026-05-13
TechCrunch
xAI Runs Nearly 50 Gas Turbines in Mississippi, Because Apparently They're Just Really Big Roombas
Elon Musk's xAI is running 46 gas turbines in Mississippi on flatbed trailers to dodge pollution rules, and the NAACP is not laughing.
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