A wood-burning fireplace isn’t great for the planet or your health. But there are things you can do to make your fireplace better.

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 ...

Responding to concerns of some residents in the Cedar Ridge area, Stanislaus National Forest Mi-Wok/Summit Ranger District firefighters intend to begin burning high-visibility wood piles in the ...

The city and the local solid waste agency will salvage wood from three flood-damaged homes owned by the city to study the cost and the time needed retrieve the wood so it can be ground up and burned ...