Drax Wood Pellet Mill Pollutes Residents While Mississippi State Covers It Up Impacted community leaders and environmental justice organizations call on Biden Administration. The president must take immediate action to […]
The Community Of Gloster Is Being Poisoned In Plain Sight
Gloster, Mississippi is a predominantly (80%) Black community. Biomass company Drax Amite is polluting this community’s air 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. With […]
Why is a Japanese Delegation Visiting Rural Mississippi?
Guest Post By Carmella Wren-Causey Across the world, countries are interested in the growing bioenergy industry’s claims about carbon neutrality. Woody biomass companies like Drax and Enviva claim that burning […]
The International Day of Action on Biomass
From the piney woods of Mississippi, to the swamps of Georgia, and over to the wetlands of the coast of North Carolina, I love the forests of our region dearly. […]
Drax Environmental Injustice in Mississippi
The Amite biomass wood pellet plant in Gloster, Mississippi that UK-based Drax owns was recently fined $2.5 million dollars for breaking environmental rules. After learning of the fine that Drax […]