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Wood pellets production boomed to feed European demand. It comes at a cost for Black people in the South

Por: Los Angeles Times World July 27, 2024

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This southern Mississippi town's expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins' home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says industrial residues coated her truck and she no longer enjoys spending time in the air outdoors. Dobbins feels her life — and health — were better before 2016, when Drax opened a facility able to compress 450,000 tons of wood chips annually in the majority Black town of... + full article



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