Special Series
Burned
“Burned” is a three-part series on the wood pellet industry’s effects on the US South.
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.
In This Series
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The UK quit coal. But is burning Louisiana’s trees any better?
How Britain's new ‘"green energy" depends on cutting down forests in the Deep South.
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The biomass industry promised these Southern towns prosperity. So why are they still dying?
States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs.
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![Equipment to move logs in between two giant piles of logs at a biomass facility]()
![Equipment to move logs in between two giant piles of logs at a biomass facility]()
Europe gets ‘green energy.’ These Southern towns get dirty air.
In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near wood pellet mills say they’re getting sick.
