Letters: Here's why burning wood pellets is a better heating alternative ... natural gas and coal introduces net carbon into the air that otherwise would lie undisturbed deep in the ground.

He also adds that burning wood, especially moist wood, ... According to Vineet, many communities have green waste recycling, which often turns wood and other botanical waste into usable compost.

Maybe do not burn wood when there is no wind or the air is inverted. Thanks to those who try to minimize their impacts on their neighbors. — Matt Zukowski, Anchorage ...

The Drax company thinks so. It’s planning to convert trees into pellets in Longview. The exporter plans to burn the pellets overseas as a substitute for coal in existing power plants. I object ...

To the editor: With the destruction of Lahaina by fire, it is so sad to see that Americans are still building and rebuilding with wood. We do not seem to have learned the simple fact that wood ...

However, there is no doubt that agricultural burning is a major culprit. From east of Chico on Highway 32 on Wednesday at least six large plumes of smoke were visible arising from the valley.

Burning becomes an issue this time of year, as officials typically declare no-burn days in response to spikes in PM2.5, particulate pollution so minuscule it can travel deep into the lungs.

A ban on indoor and outdoor wood burning was in place Tuesday and continuing through Wednesday in much of Southern California due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area.. The residential ...

Over 3,000 wood-burning appliances were replaced in the area between 2010 and 2021, though the EPA report said residents “do not know whether wood heaters in their homes meet standards ...

Letters: Here's why burning wood pellets is a better heating alternative ... natural gas and coal introduces net carbon into the air that otherwise would lie undisturbed deep in the ground.