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 ...

Save money and increase self-reliance with this DIY wood burning furnace. Building a homemade outdoor wood furnace can heat your home and hot water. Marcus Ashley’s solution to the skyrocketing cost ...

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 ...

For years, the advocacy group Environment and Human Health Inc. has led the battle against outdoor wood furnaces, claiming their smoke is bad to breathe. Now it has an ally -- Attorney General George ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- As outdoor wood furnaces catch on with homeowners looking to escape high heating bills, they're running afoul with more town and village officials worried about smoked-out neighbors.

Outdoor wood furnaces that pipe hot-water heat into homes are becoming incredibly popular with homeowners — and the wood they burn is much cheaper than oil. But the smoke sometimes creates friction ...

The city's Legislative and Regulatory Committee will not recommend banning the use of outdoor wood-fired furnaces. However, detailed restrictions will be applied and current furnace owners may be ...

LOWER TOWNSHIP – A complete ban on outdoor wood burning furnaces breezed through its first reading at an otherwise contentious council meeting here on Monday night. Second reading and public hearing ...

He disagreed with allowing outdoor wood furnaces to be burned. Kaufman said there are many devices which create smoke and in some instances, more smoke than the outdoor wood burning devices. He added, ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - 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 ...

LOWER TOWNSHIP – Council was scheduled Wednesday night to discuss a planning board recommendation to ban the use of outdoor wood burning furnaces in Lower Township. The planning board recommended the ...