TEXAS TOWNSHIP --Depending on whom you ask, outdoor furnaces or boilers are either underregulated, pollution-prone nuisances or unobtrusive, cost-efficient ways to heat homes. One thing, though, seems ...

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 ...

Some Americans are now going outside to turn up their heat. They're using outdoor wood furnaces that pipe hot-water heat into their homes. But neighbors say the units are a health hazard. Federal ...

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 ...

The conversation is still going, but cooler temperatures send people back inside. For many homeowners, outdoor time ends ...

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WOODBRIDGE -- It looks like a shed and it will keep your home warm all winter long without using a drop of foreign oil. So what's not to like? Plenty, according to the public interest research group ...

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 ...

If you have access to firewood on your property, an outdoor furnace can provide heat for a lot of uses—including heating your home. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house.

Beth Terra invited her parents to Thanksgiving dinner at her home in New Hartford. But the folks couldn’t stay – in fact, they all had to leave. The problem was acrid smoke from a neighbor’s outdoor ...

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 ...

Hamden and North Haven are taking steps to ban outdoor wood-burning furnaces because of their potential impact on public health and the environment. The Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission will hold ...