Every winter as I turn on my oil burner heat unit I do so with a touch of trepidation and guilt. I pride myself on living as sustainably as possible and on my pursuit of environmentally friendly ...

An informational outdoor wood boiler seminar Thursday night attempted to clear the air on some confusion about wood boilers, possible restrictions and real environmental dangers. Because of an active ...

These are outdoor wood boilers (sometimes called outdoor wood furnaces), and they have been the focus of considerable attention and debate in recent years, mostly over the pollution they generate. A ...

Some Americans are now going outside to turn up their heat. They're using outdoor wood furnaces that pipe hot-water heat into their homes. But neighbors say the units are a health hazard. Federal ...

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 ...

CHICOPEE - The state has approved the Board of Health's new regulation banning outdoor wood burning boilers in the city. "As far as we're concerned, they're banned," Board of Health member Richard G.

MONTPELIER -- When oil prices climbed, more people turned to wood to heat their homes, many using outdoor wood furnaces that to some are air-polluting nuisances. From Vermont to Connecticut to Indiana ...

Troy Boiler Works employees have built four high-efficiency, wood pellet-fired boilers in the past year, with six more scheduled in coming months. Lou Okonski, Troy Boiler Works president and manager ...

PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Town Council will hold one more public hearing on proposed wood-boiler regulations. Local Law 1 of 2009, the Town of Plattsburgh Outdoor Wood Boilers Local Law, is ...

CLARENDON Rules governing outdoor wood-fired boilers may be tightened on the state and local level as officials scrutinize the equipment. The Clarendon Select Board has received health and nuisance ...

SARANAC LAKE -- Two out of three villages in the Tri-Lakes now restrict outdoor wood boilers. Both Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake held public hearings and passed laws last week restricting the outdoor ...