The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a No-Burn Alert forbidding people in four Southern California counties from burning wood in fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor devices ...

A new peer-reviewed study quantifies broadly for the first time the air pollution and public health impacts across the United States from both manufacturing wood pellets and burning them for energy.

They produce more harmful particulate matter than diesel trucks and cigarette smoke. They release carbon dioxide and toxic chemicals that can lead to dire health and climate outcomes. Yet efforts to ...

Home fireplaces and wood stoves are quietly driving a large share of winter air pollution, even though only a small number of households rely on wood heat. Researchers found that wood smoke accounts ...

It’s that time of year again when many of us dream of chestnuts roasting in an open fire, as those long winter nights draw in. Open fire places might look comforting and cosy, but what about the smoke ...

When many people think of wood-burning stoves, the chances are that they imagine bulky cast-iron boxes, smoky chimneys and soot-blackened glass. The models that were a mainstay of old cottages and ...