Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every winter as I turn on my oil burner heat unit I do so with a touch of trepidation and guilt. I pride myself on living as ...

NEW BEDFORD — City health officials are moving to ban the use of outdoor wood boiler furnaces, although there is only one confirmed installation in the city causing concerns about pollutants and ...

Coming this spring, new state regulations will make it more difficult and costly to install outdoor wood-fired boilers — a move that's sparked debate between environmentalists and proponents of the ...