Sarah Mackiewicz, from Burton-upon-Trent, who has asthma, wants stoves to be used safely.

Question: I have a wood stove and generate a lot of ashes this time of year. Is it OK to put wood ash in the garden, compost or lawn? Answer: Wood ash contains most of the 13 essential nutrients that ...

As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of councils in high use areas have faced pressure from the stove ...

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 ...

Labour is set to put health warning labels on new wood-burning stoves under the party’s plans to address pollution.

A group of ten states plan to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update its residential wood-burning stove emissions standards, citing potential health and environmental risks the ...