Wood-burning stoves have become a classic British middle class status symbol. Despite the fact that they cost around £3,000 to buy and install, an estimated 1.9 million people in Britain now have one ...

Oregonians are lighting up their fireplaces and stoves again as colder, wetter weather returns, and they'll have to do their part to keep their smoke from contributing to air quality problems. Burning ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. When Susan Remmers moved into her home in Portland, Oregon, she thought she’d live there for the rest of her life. Remmers, a 58-year-old with a mobility ...

Smokestack emissions are seen along the Fairbanks skyline on March 1. At left is the coal-fired heat and power plant on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Alaska and nine other states have ...

The vast majority of U.S. wood-burning stoves are now banned under Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that were finalized in February. New EPA regulations phase out the production and sale of ...

An upswing in woodstove use might sound yawn-worthy, but recent findings about the dire health effects of wood smoke might mean the long-term future of wood as a heating fuel is in question. As ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- When it's cold outside many of us may resort to using supplemental heat like a space heater to stay warm. Fire departments don't discourage it, however, they emphatically ...

The haze from an inversion hangs over downtown Salt Lake City in January 2013. State regulations on wood-burning fireplaces during inversions prevent the addition of more dangerous particulate matter ...

Alaska and nine other states have notified the Environmental Protection Agency they intend to sue if new standards for certification of wood-burning stoves are not issued soon. The EPA last issued ...