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The article on wood pellet exports from rural Louisiana parishes is appreciated, but it omits the key fact of why those Europeans so favor wood pellets over oil, natural gas or coal for heating their ...

In 2013, the City Club of Portland released a report identifying wood smoke as one of the leading sources of air toxics in Portland. (Janet Eastman/Staff) Fire pits and smoke: It is heartening that ...

Wood burning stoves could carry health warnings like those on cigarettes or alcohol under new plans announced by the government. Ministers are also considering imposing stricter limits on the ...

A group of ten states plan to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update its residential wood-burning stove emissions standards, citing potential health and environmental risks the ...

Bloomington is perhaps the center of anti-climate change sentiment in Indiana. The city of Bloomington even has an ambitious "Climate Action Plan" to fight global warming and its serious consequences.