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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, N.Y. (AP) -- Seven states filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Environmental Protection Agency over health-damaging air pollution from outdoor wood-fired boilers that have become ...

About nine years ago, April and Greg Bodette of Glover decided to get an outdoor wood boiler. They’d previously used a wood stove to heat their house, but the smoke and dust was a major drawback: They ...

On the coldest winter nights, William K. Weir and his family wander around their house in shorts and T-shirts without feeling even a little chilly. There’s no pressure to nudge the thermostat lower, ...

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 ...

The growing awareness & emphasis on renewable energy solutions, advancements in biomass boiler technology, and the global shift towards carbon neutrality and sustainability are projected to drive the ...

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP -- Township Supervisor Alan Miltich seems to have an agenda against exterior wood boilers. My husband and I received a letter dated Oct. 15 from Supervisor Miltich that stated that he ...

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 ...

David Frank, co-owner of SunWood Biomass, shows the chute through which wood pellets are delivered to Susan Clark’s home in Middlesex. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger MIDDLESEX — Renewable energy ...

For years, the advocacy group Environment and Human Health Inc. has led the battle against outdoor wood furnaces, claiming their smoke is bad to breathe. Now it has an ally -- Attorney General George ...