The Advocate

A Natchitoches paper mill closed and left Louisiana's forestry industry 'in chaos'A Natchitoches paper mill closed and left Louisiana's forestry industry 'in chaos'

Louisiana’s forestry industry is in disarray after the sudden closure of one of the state’s remaining paper mills. Before shuttering in April, International Paper’s Red River mill in Natchitoches ...

2 young men died in a paper mill. It’s raising questions about safety in one of Maine’s iconic industries.

Kasie Malcolm, 20, and Allen Hornberger, 26, were likely exposed to toxic chemicals at the Woodland Pulp paper mill in ...
New Orleans City Business

International Paper to close 2 more mills, cut 1,100 jobs

Earlier this year, International Paper closed a mill in Campti, Louisiana, laying off 470 people About 1,100 employees affected, with $158M in closure costs Pulp division sold for $1.5B; Alabama plant ...
WOSU Public Media

The closure of Chillicothe’s paper mill puts Ohio’s logging industry in danger

The Ohio Forestry Association says the closure of Chillicothe paper mill will have ripple effects across the state. Despite attempts to save it, the longstanding Pixelle Specialty Solutions in ...
Post and Courier

Commentary: SC paper mill closures threaten timber industry and conservation goals

International Paper’s announcement of the impending closure of the Georgetown paper mill follows on the heels of the closure of the WestRock paper mill in North Charleston as well as other shutdowns ...

Town on edge after cancer cases linked to booming paper industry

Investigators are probing a cancer link between sick residents in a tiny Michigan town and contamination from its paper mill industry. Locals in Otsego have long complained of abnormally high rates of ...
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 ...
inforum

Pulp friction: The rise and fall of Brainerd's paper making industry

BRAINERD, Minn. — Working at the town's paper mill was more than a job for most Brainerd people. For more than a century, it became a way of life that gave birth to generations. It was an “extended ...
Sun Journal

Rumford paper mill among dirtiest in the country, new study finds

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a Lewiston Sun Journal subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...
The Island Packet

As it searches for new markets, can SC’s forestry industry tap into energy?

After Georgetown’s International Paper mill shut down at the end of last year, the pressure is on for South Carolina’s massive forestry industry to find new local markets. The solution may be as ...
Woodworking Network

International Paper to lay off more than 1,000 employees in mill closures

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — International Paper announced it was closing several mills including a timber and lumber mill, and paper and packaging facilities. As many as 1,100 workers in Georgia face layoffs. It ...
Recycling Today

Letter to the editor: Paper industry should support EPR legislation

Pete Grogan, former paper industry executive and past president of the National Recycling Coalition, says EPR legislation can help boost paper recovery. Pete Grogan, former paper industry executive ...