Steve Burn isn’t typically the type to try things he sees on YouTube. “I’m not normally that adventurous,” says Burn, of Kirkwood. Then he watched videos of people pumping 6,000 volts of electricity ...

IT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE SISTER OF A COCO MAN KILLED LAST SUMMER HAS A WARNING ABOUT HOW HE DIED. IT HAPPENED WHILE HE USED ELECTRICITY TO BURN DESIGNS INTO WOOD. THAT’S RIGHT. THIS PROCESS ...

Here's another example of a climate-change solution that may actually be the opposite. Wood pellets made from trees cut in the forests of North Carolina and the Southeast are a growing alternative ...

Just off I-291 in East Springfield is a seemingly unremarkable plot of land. Sandwiched between an electrical switchyard, busy roads and a working class neighborhood, the fenced-in property is mostly ...

Massachusetts is once again revisiting wood-burning biomass power regulations, and the public, it seems, is not pleased with the plan. The state’s Department of Energy Resources held a virtual hearing ...

Minnesota regulators on Thursday said burning wood or trash to generate electricity could be considered carbon-free under the state’s landmark 2040 climate law, depending on how emissions are counted.

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.

A new proposal would significantly rewrite E.U. rules on renewable energy, ending subsidies for biomass like wood pellets. By Lois Parshley In recent years, Europe’s power plants have slashed their ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...