🌿 Environment Jun 23, 2026 · Grist Creative

The hidden toll of wood pellet power

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The hidden toll of wood pellet power
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After the world’s largest producer of wood pellets built what it called a state-of-the-art biomass facility near Ruby Bell’s home in Faison, North Carolina, she started organizing. Bell told her residents about the potential impacts, and tried to prevent the company from adding to the area’s environmental burden. It has been an uphill climb.  



The retired educator recalls the day that the reality of the effects set in. She had spent the afternoon talking to residents about their exp

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