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 ...

They are popping up in backyards all over. Outdoor wood burning furnaces are replacing traditional oil and natural gas boilers as the primary heating source for some homeowners in a bid to buck ...

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 ...

Union Township officials are once again looking into an ordinance to address outdoor furnaces. Such furnaces or boilers usually burn wood or other fuel continuously and are typically used outdoors to ...

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 ...

Connecticut is a state looking for renewable energy sources, where wood is in abundant supply. But one method of heating with renewable fuel, outdoor wood furnaces, could be all but banned under terms ...

KILLINGWORTH -- Selectmen, for the moment, are in disagreement about a proposed new town ordinance that would regulate -- but not ban -- the operation of all outdoor wood-burning furnaces. The measure ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...