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 ...

Although New York has tried, with their new regulations, to get outdoor wood furnaces (OWFs) under control -- even these will not protect people who live in the vicinity of outdoor wood furnaces. The ...

For the first time in three years of trying, legislation to tighten regulations on outdoor wood furnaces has passed a chamber of the legislature. The Senate passed and sent to the House an amended ...

The tension between use of local, low-cost energy sources and the health effects of breathing wood smoke played out for hours in a hearing room Wednesday, as the Environment Committee heard testimony ...

TOWN OF SPRING GREEN — If you hope to save money on heating fuel by installing an outdoor wood-burning furnace, Spring Green Township officials want you to get a permit and follow some basic rules.

HAMDEN -- A half-dozen residents spoke to the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night about the effects of outdoor wood-burning furnaces, the majority of them saying that banning them outright ...

CATSKILL — Officials in this Greene County town are considering whether regulations can be drafted for outdoor wood-burning furnaces that balance the need to stop smoke from affecting neighbors while ...

NEWTOWN -- Currituck Road resident William Thiessen said the smoke from a neighbor's outdoor wood-burning furnace causes him to have frequent sore throats. Thiessen also said he has had to sleep in ...

He disagreed with allowing outdoor wood furnaces to be burned. Kaufman said there are many devices which create smoke and in some instances, more smoke than the outdoor wood burning devices. He added, ...