I cannot think of a more fundamental human right than the right to breathe clean air. On average each of us breathes around 25,000 times a ...

A study found that burning wood in our homes is one of the most dangerous types of air pollution. Here’s what you need to ...

Heating a private home with liquefied gas (LPG) is becoming an increasingly popular choice among owners of country houses, especially in areas where there is no access to a central gas supply.

Decarbonising our energy system requires electrifying heating and transport, but unless we ensure electricity resilience, ...

Speaking at the Westport/Belmullet Municipal District meeting, Independent councillor John O'Malley said that a house without ...

Storm Éowyn shows how many Scots have lost any sense of self-reliance. We live in Scotland - we have to expect storms - not whine about them ...

Wood-burning stoves are often considered safer, cleaner and more attractive than open fires. This may, in part, explain why ...

A professor of environmental chemistry says some people with wood-burning stoves should consider stopping using them as they ...

There is something cosy and appealing about settling down next to a roaring fire in winter but, every year, nearly 61,000 premature deaths in Europe ...

People who use solid fuel stoves as a secondary source of heating could consider stopping its use altogether. That really ...

Dr Parker said: "Wood-burning stoves are especially harmful to our health because of their production of particulate matter. That's where tiny particles that can be produced from burning solid fuels ...

Residents say they have been named and shamed and verbally abused in the street for using their wood burning stoves this winter. Some say they have been branded 'polluters' and have been 'stigmatised' ...