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 ...

Save money and increase self-reliance with this DIY wood burning furnace. Building a homemade outdoor wood furnace can heat your home and hot water. Marcus Ashley’s solution to the skyrocketing cost ...

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 ...

Of some 80 people at a public hearing here on outdoor wood boilers Wednesday night, just one showed support for proposed new state regulations. And that case pertains to a wood furnace granted a ...

MONTPELIER The state Department of Environmental Conservation has decided to delay the effective date of proposed rules regulating outdoor wood-fired boilers until after the 2006 legislative session, ...

PALMYRA--Outdoor wood boilers will be essentially limited to the more rural northern part of North Londonderry Twp., according to a new law passed by the township supervisors Monday night. The law ...

Coming this spring, new state regulations will make it more difficult and costly to install outdoor wood-fired boilers — a move that's sparked debate between environmentalists and proponents of the ...

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 ...

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.

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 BEDFORD — City health officials are moving to ban the use of outdoor wood boiler furnaces, although there is only one confirmed installation in the city causing concerns about pollutants and ...