Policymakers are rethinking biomass as new research shows wood pellets may increase carbon emissions rather than reduce them.

There is a growing industry that's providing wood pellets for power. Pellet producers say it's renewable energy, but critics argue that this practice is actually clear-cutting trees — removing a ...

Aboard an aluminum skiff or one of her five kayaks, fourth-generation shrimper and fisherwoman Diane Wilson often plies the coastal bays and streams near her tiny hometown of Seadrift, Texas.

Trillions of small plastic pellets known as nurdles have been escaping from petrochemical plants into waterways and oceans for decades. Only lately has serious action been taken to figure out what can ...

Why is it raining instead of snowing when the temperature is below freezing? It’s a common question during the cooler months during a messy winter storm. Freezing rain and ice pellets are underrated ...

This story is part of a joint investigation with NPR that includes the documentary Plastic Wars, which aired March 31, 2020, on PBS. Stream the film. Look on the side of a highway sometime and you ...

$34 million in damages claiming water-filtration pellets clog the snowmaking system and hamper the ski resort’s ability to blanket the slopes. Large quantities of small pellets spilled from utility’s ...