Donna Thomasson is a 34-year-old nurse who grew up on a hillside overlooking the Smurfit Westrock paper mill nestled in the hollers of Covington in Southwest Virginia. Its smokestacks tower over nearby homes. “I think it’s getting worse,” she told researchers at the Environmental Integrity Project about air pollution coming from the mill. “The odor … Continue reading Report: Paper Mills Around the Country, Including Virginia, Release Pollution From Decades-Old Boilers