Residential wood burning is a major but underrecognized source of wintertime PM2.5 air pollution, disproportionately harming urban communities and people of color despite relatively low wood use.

A new peer-reviewed study quantifies broadly for the first time the air pollution and public health impacts across the United States from both manufacturing wood pellets and burning them for energy.

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 ...

Ride early Wisconsin trains and explore wood tracks, lantern signals, and rail innovations. Ride the rails with Doris Platt to discover Wisconsin’s early trains, wood-burning engines and wooden tracks ...