Grist

Paper plants can emit as much CO2 as oil refineries. They’re flying under the radar.

For more than a century, Covington, Virginia has had one dominating feature: its paper mill. Smokestacks tower over the community of 5,500, many of whom work there. But according to a new report, the ...
Yahoo

Paper mills in Maine and across the U.S. releasing more greenhouse gases than federal data shows

ND Paper’s mill in Rumford. Photo by Emmett Gartner. Two of Maine’s largest paper mills are among the dirtiest in the country, according to a new study on U.S. pulp and paper plants, putting their ...
Reuters

Climate tech firms get $80 million to pull carbon from paper mills, sewage plant

SAN FRANCISCO Dec 17 - Google, H&M, Stripe and other members of the climate-focused Frontier coalition will buy $80 million of carbon credits from a firm using oil industry technology to capture paper ...
The Columbian

Paper mills generate up to 3 times more greenhouse gases than previously reported, say researchers

A new report from Environmental Integrity Project — a national watchdog group founded by Eric Schaffer, former director of the Environmental Protection Agency — claims some paper mills could be ...