By Barbara Brown A wood burning fireplace or wood stove is a welcome sight in the cold winter months. Now, what do we do with all the ashes? Many gardeners recommend spreading them in the garden beds.

Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity over the past few decades. More fires are burning at the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where homes and other buildings meet the natural ...

A sought-after feature in high-end homes has long been a primitive void in the heart of the great room: the wood-burning fireplace. “There is absolutely a preference toward wood-burning fireplaces, ...

Research in Wales found that home, not outdoor travel, was largest contributor to children’s daily exposure Children living in homes with wood burners could be exposed to over three times more ...

A wood-burning fireplace or stove is a welcome sight in the cold winter months. Now, what do we do with all the ashes? Many gardeners recommend spreading them in the garden beds. However, check out ...

Atmospheric conditions in the Bay Area prompted air quality regulators to issue a Spare the Air alert for Thursday, which bans burning wood or solid fuel. The Bay Area Air District said Wednesday that ...

The Bay Area Air District has issued a Spare the Air Alert for Thursday, banning wood burning in the region because of a forecast for high levels of pollution. On Spare the Air days, it is illegal for ...

Each winter, some Bostonians must head to a cabin in the woods to enjoy sitting by a fire. But, a new study finds the pollution from burning that wood comes to you. Researchers at Northwestern ...

Home fireplaces and wood stoves are quietly driving a large share of winter air pollution, even though only a small number of households rely on wood heat. Researchers found that wood smoke accounts ...

Burning wood to heat homes in winter may be linked to around 8,600 premature deaths each year in the United States, a new study has warned. Researchers found that residential wood combustion (RWC) ...

Residential wood burning is a major but underrecognized source of wintertime PM2.5 air pollution, disproportionately harming urban communities and people of color despite relatively low wood use.

Throwing another log into a crackling fireplace on a cold winter’s night might seem like a cozy, harmless tradition. But Northwestern University scientists have found residential wood burning is a ...