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MDEQ to hold hearing on Drax

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) will hold a hearing October 14 on whether to uphold its decision earlier this year to deny Drax’s request for additional air pollution permits for its wood-pellet production facility in Gloster.

Shortly after MDEQ announced its decision, Drax filed an appeal.

The U.S. wood-pellet biomass industry logs forests and turns the trees into wood pellets that are then shipped overseas to be burned for electricity. Critics say the process produces more carbon emissions than burning coal.

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