ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Seven states filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Environmental Protection Agency over health-damaging air pollution from outdoor wood-fired boilers that have become ...

TROY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a $27 million initiative to build the market for high-efficiency, low-emissions wood heating systems in the state. The program, launched Tuesday at ...

Brocton business Econoburn is taking part in a $27 million energy initiative announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday. Aimed at improving the efficiency of wood-burning and residential heating, Cuomo ...

John and Bonnie Lichak’s kitchen table is covered with stacks of paperwork. Each pile represents a chapter in their nine year battle with local, state and federal government agencies over what they ...

The Lung Association has fought hard for regulations against outdoor wood boilers because the health effects of wood smoke exposure, including wheezing, coughing and increased asthma attacks, are ...

Studies and monitoring have found that indoor residential wood burning is responsible for more than a quarter of the harmful fine particle emissions in the Metro Vancouver region — more than twice as ...

The money is coming from New York's share of proceeds from the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative The Renewable Heat NY program will offer incentives to retire and recycle highly polluting ...