Tag: Wood Pellet Plant
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Residents Say Wood-Pellet Plant Harms Their Town in Mississippi
Stakes Rise as a Wood-Pellet Plant Expands in Gloster In Gloster, Mississippi, a town that once welcomed a new bioenergy facility with hopes of economic revival, residents are now confronting a harsher reality. The Amite Bioenergy facility, linked to a global energy company, was pitched as a source of local jobs and a boost to…
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Wood-pellet Plant Harms Mississippi Town, Residents Say
Introduction: a town divided over a new bioenergy plant In Gloster, Mississippi, a quiet town nestled in Amite County, residents once welcomed economic development with the promise of jobs from a new bioenergy mill. The Amite BioEnergy facility, built to convert wood into pellets for export and domestic use, was pitched as a boost to…