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NC’s Wood Pellet Industry: Economic Boon Or Climate Disaster?

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North Carolina is home to 14.4 billion trees. Those trees provide habitat for animals and a healthy forestry business in the state. They also absorb carbon, helping fight the effects of climate change. The growth of burning wood pellets for utility-scale electricity may push the forestry industry even higher. But it’s a development that some say could have a catastrophic effect on global warming. Dave DeWitt of WUNC reports.