Group looks to scale back plans for wood pellet plants in Tuolumne, Lassen counties

Group looks to scale back plans for wood pellet plants in Tuolumne, Lassen counties

An organization is looking at potentially scaling back plans for building a pair of biomass processing plants in Tuolumne and Lassen counties to produce wood pellets that would be moved through the Port of Stockton and shipped overseas for generating…

Contentious Wood Pellet Project Scaled Back

Sonora, CA— A contentious proposal to build two wood pellet plants in Northern California, one in Tuolumne, has been scaled back, with plans now shifting toward wood chips instead. Following strong opposition from environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and a declining global market for the pellets, Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) decided to significantly reduce its plans to export wood pellets from Northern …