If you have a wood stove or a fireplace for back-up heat, or as your main heat source, you’ve probably already thought to tune it up for winter. But cleaning your chimney and hearth and using ...

UPTICK IN HOUSE FIRES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS DUE TO HOME HEATING EQUIPMENT. NOW, WITH MORE PEOPLE USING ALTERNATIVE HEATING SOURCES, THE RISKS FOR THOSE FIRES HAVE GROWN. MRS. AMBER GERARD SPOKE ...

Wood-burning stoves produce harmful smoke that can worsen lung and heart diseases. It's important to use EPA-certified wood-burning stoves for better efficiency and safety. Ensure proper ventilation ...

Wood stoves, a technology that has been around for hundreds of years, have been updated for the 21st century with vastly improved energy-efficiency and pollution control features. Also known as ...

They produce more harmful particulate matter than diesel trucks and cigarette smoke. They release carbon dioxide and toxic chemicals that can lead to dire health and climate outcomes. Yet efforts to ...

Ever since the first caveman threw a log on the first fire, burning wood for heating and cooking has helped to define human civilization. But wood as a fuel source has some inherent drawbacks, ...

Colin Dunn is a writer and former managing editor of TreeHugger. Pellet stoves have become darlings of the green home heating world, in some ways; they're more efficient and have fewer particle ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...