But Pam Monroe, a DES compliance bureau administrator, said state officials hope the new law will make wood boilers less problematic. The use of wood-fired boilers has increased with the prices of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HAMPDEN, Mass. -- Rob and Lynne Wallace jumped at the chance to install an outdoor wood boiler two years ago to heat their home and water supply. For a year, they were immune to fluctuating fuel oil ...

With fuel prices on the rise, some people in town are turning to outdoor wood-burning boilers or furnaces to heat water or other liquid for home heating purposes, said Board of Health Chairman ...

MONTPELIER -- When oil prices climbed, more people turned to wood to heat their homes, many using outdoor wood furnaces that to some are air-polluting nuisances. From Vermont to Connecticut to Indiana ...