Paper is a ubiquitous part of everyday life, but how is it made, and where did it originate? Ancient Egyptians made an early version of plant-based paper using papyrus — which is where the word "paper ...

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 ...

A World War II-era boiler in Virginia is at the center of a growing debate over the paper industry’s role in climate change — and how much pollution goes uncounted due to loopholes in federal ...

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 ...

Georgia's paper belt has snapped in just a few brutal months, with five mills shutting down or slated to close and an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This article was originally published Sept. 22, 2020, after Verso idled its Wisconsin Rapids paper mill. It has been updated to include the most recent history and information.

Now that the former paper mill site is on the verge of a new use with the City of Sartell, we look back at how the once-thriving mill got to this point, from disaster to rebirth. A paper mill in ...

CANTON, N.C. — The first thing the mill workers noticed on what they later deemed “Black Monday” was the series of dark SUVs pulling up near the paper mill, at the heart of Canton, N.C. The mill’s ...

A historic paper mill in Chillicothe, Ohio, closed in August after more than 178 years of operation. Political efforts to keep the mill open provided a brief, but ultimately unsuccessful, reprieve for ...