Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

SCHENECTADY — Five years ago, David Dungate was in Vancouver looking for a place to start a plant to build European-designed, high-efficiency wood-fired boilers. While he could have gone anywhere in ...

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 ...

Almost 40 years ago when my company Stadler Corporation introduced one of the first residential European wood boilers to New England, they were elementary in design and in their infancy of wood ...

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 ...

These boilers can be installed somewhat closer to a neighboring property line – no closer than 50 feet – with the thinking that they will be less polluting. Rick Devoid, manager of Northwood Power in ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Waitsfield, VT - Many older outdoor wood-fired boilers (OWBs) that are not certified to meet Vermont’s emissions standards are required by law to be permanently retired by the end of 2012.

WASILLA -- Classrooms at the new Susitna Valley Junior/Senior High School could end up being warmed with one of the oldest heating sources around, paid for by the state as part of its renewable energy ...