Those beautiful blazing logs in your old fireplace and the pleasant aroma of smoke that pervades some Bay Area neighborhoods in winter are viewed as nothing short of sinful to our local air pollution ...

Few devices beat a wood-burning stove for coziness. However, you need to make sure you're starting the fire correctly to avoid health problems or house damage.

In a chilly room at the University of Maryland in College Park, a small group of students is working to make wood stoves cool. They gather around a black steel box, on top of which is a funnel, ...