Karen Paris knew something was wrong when no one answered her home phone. It would be days before she’d learn how terribly wrong, and months before she’d have a clue as to what killed her mother.

This is a topic that gets people fired up. Wood is a renewable resource after all ” and with the beetle kill, we have much to go around. Unfortunately the lack of regulations on the outdoor boilers ...

Outdoor wood boilers need to be weighed against the alternatives before being regulated out of existence. That was the message delivered to the Kinderhook Town Board Monday by a local OWB owner. Mike ...

Outdoor wood furnaces that pipe hot-water heat into homes are becoming incredibly popular with homeowners — and the wood they burn is much cheaper than oil. But the smoke sometimes creates friction ...

OXFORD -- The smoke emanating from outdoor wood-burning furnaces can lie thick and low. Rather than rising and dispersing, it can spread out, leaving smoky particles hanging about. In a time when ...

New statewide regulations established about two weeks ago by the Department of Environmental Protection will limit the amount of pollution emitted by outdoor wood-fired boilers, an issue area towns ...

HAMPDEN, Mass. -- Rob and Lynne Wallace jumped at the chance to install an outdoor wood boiler two years ago to heat their home and water supply. For a year, they were immune to fluctuating fuel oil ...

WAUSAU, Wis.—An explosion in the number of outdoor wood-fired boilers to heat homes is creating a new air quality problem—their smoke is choking neighbors. Over the past three years, the Wisconsin ...

Albany, NY -- Health and environmental groups are asking a state court to stop the sale of outdoor wood boilers that don’t meet new air quality rules set by the state Department of Environmental ...

Hampden, Mass. — Rob and Lynne Wallace jumped at the chance to install an outdoor wood boiler two years ago to heat their home and water supply. For a year, they were immune to fluctuating fuel oil ...