For years, the smokestack at Georgia- Pacific's paper mill has been pouring clouds of white steam into the air. But G-P is ready to install new technology that will reduce its toxic emissions by as much as 90 percent and eliminate the need for the mill's smokestack. State and federal officials call it a great step forward in environmental protection. Replacing the mill's existing smelter furnaces with the new black liquor gasification system will cost about 65 million dollars. The agreement signed today calls on the federal government to pay half that.
Officials hope to have the new system up and running in two years.
Hundreds of people lost their jobs today as Winn-Dixie shut down several stores. Details still ahead on News 7. Now find out what may be the most colorful way to reduce Roanoke's pigeon population. If Chicken Little thought the sky was falling, then maybe Roanoke pigeons will be fooled into thinking it too. At least, that's what the Health Department hopes.