A century ago, home life in Vermont revolved around the wood burning cook stove. Meals were prepared, bread baked and hands warmed from the heat it produced. Stoves with names like Gold Coin, ...

New measurements of soot produced by traditional cook stoves used in developing countries suggest that these stoves emit more harmful smoke particles and could have a much greater impact on global ...

Until recently, Hadija Hasan Chocha cooked her family’s meals on an open fire in a thatched kitchen at her home in Mchakama Village. “Three time a week I would walk to the nearby forest to find ...

Wood stoves, a technology that has been around for hundreds of years, have been updated for the 21st century with vastly improved energy-efficiency and pollution control features. Also known as ...

Wood stoves used in developing countries emit more harmful smoke particles and could have a much greater impact on global climate change than previously thought, according to research published in the ...

Polluting biomass stoves, used by one-third of the global population, take a terrible toll. But efforts to clean them up are failing. Whisps of smoke rise up from their chulha, the Indian name given ...

‘’For years we have used the traditional three stone cooking stove. This type of stove consumed a lot of firewood up to 3000 pieces of firewood per week. Students had to spend hours looking for ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Nothing says cozy quite like the ambiance of a roaring fire on a snowy day. Unfortunately, fireplaces ...

New measurements of soot produced by traditional cook stoves used in developing countries suggest that these stoves emit more harmful smoke particles and could have a much greater impact on global ...