Jun. 12—For a businessman with the right acumen, soggy wood pellets are simply sawdust waiting to happen. That is the view Josh Kirkland took of the sodden remains of the wood pellets that fueled a ...

WILMINGTON PORT, N.C. — Sawdust from wood pellet manufacturing facilities in North Carolina have reportedly blown onto nearby residents’ homes and caused health problems. Since 2016, residents of ...

CHARLESTON — What one timber leader termed as “sins of the past” outside a Mount Hope sawmill have turned into an unexpected blessing for the industry in West Virginia — converting sawdust into ...

CASCO, Maine — As huge saws rip through logs at the Hancock Lumber sawmill, sawdust flies through the air and coats equipment, floors and rafters. Far from a nuisance, though, the sawdust is ...

Householders, shocked by heating costs, are flocking to an alternative source: wood-pellet stoves. But as stove demand surges, the condensed sawdust pellets that serve as fuel are getting hard to find ...

BOB OAKES: Though winter seems a distant reality in August, many Massachusetts residents are already dreading the higher heating bills ahead. Right now, home heating oil costs about $4.30 a gallon — ...