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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alexandra Villarreal and Jillian Ambrose

Mississippi residents sue UK-owned biomass firm granted permit for more emissions

A pile of wood used to make pellets at the Drax Biomass facility in Gloster, Mississippi, in 2024.
A pile of wood used to make pellets at the Drax Biomass facility in Gloster, Mississippi, in 2024. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

Residents of a small Mississippi town are suing Drax Biomass after the company won a permit to become a “major source” of hazardous air pollution at a local wood pellet production plant.

The subsidiary of the FTSE 250 energy company was previously denied permission to increase emissions in the 900-person town of Gloster, Mississippi, after local residents warned that they had already suffered serious adverse health consequences because of the operation.

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