2025
3 October – Lung impact of indoor wood burners similar to that of cigarettes – Air Quality News
2 October – Assaulting your lungs – Canberra Times Letters
30 September – Ban new wood heater sales – Canberra Times Letters
20 September – Why Canberra can’t afford wood heaters – Canberra Times Opinion
16 September – Rethink Wood Heater Ban – Canberra Times Letters
16 September – Smoke Health Damage – Canberra Times Letters
15 September – Wood smoke leadership – Canberra Times Letters
14 September – Household wood smoke leaves 1.2 million Dutch with lung conditions struggling to breathe – NL Times
14 September – ACT Minister’s claims hazy – Sunday Canberra Times Letters
12 September – Outrage in Canberra as Government backtracks on wood heater phase-out – Air Quality News (UK)
12 September – Stoking the fires of what is now at stake – Canberra Times Opinion
12 September – Smoky solution – Canberra Times Letters
11 September – Issue of wood fired heaters will persist – Canberra Times Editorial
9 September – ACT Cools on wood heater ban – Canberra Times letters
7 September – Australian Capital Territory backtracks on wood heaters – Doctors and Scientists Against Wood smoke Pollution (USA)
5 September – Will the ACT really phase out wood heaters by 2045? – Region
5 September – ACT Government’s lack of action on wood heater pollution further jeopardizes public health – Media Release Clean Air Canberra
4 September – ACT Government backs away from agreement to phase out wood heaters – Media Release Laura Nuttall, ACT Member for Brindabella
11 August – The Great Smog of London made the British act on air pollution. Experts say the case holds lessons for Tasmania – ABC Tasmania
9 August –A burning issue: why it’s time to ditch the wood-fired heater and opt for eco alternatives – The Guardian
7 August – ‘It’s a living nightmare’: inside the regional wood fire pollution crisis – Southern Cross
30 July – Study exposes health burden from wood heating– AIRAH News
30 July – The worst places in Australia for ‘silent killer’ wood heater smoke – 9 News
29 July – Interview with Prof Geoffrey Morgan on Centre for Safe Air study showing more than 700 Australians die prematurely from wood heater smoke pollution – ABC Radio New England.
28 July – Wood heater pollution is a silent killer. Here’s where the smoke is worst – ABC News
25 July – Air pollution and dementia: new analysis strengthens the link – Air Quality News
24 July – Warm houses, clean air, low heating bills – City News letters
11 July – Four-year community-wide PM2.5 exposure characterization using a low-cost sensor network in a rural valley influenced by residential wood smoke – Science Direct
11 July – Launceston air pollution reaches unhealthy levels as council vows to act on delayed strategy – ABC News
10 July – I trust the professors on wood heating – City News letters
26 June – Wood burning the most expensive form or heating – Letters to the Editor, City News (Canberra)
25 June – Follow the science – Letters to the Editor, Canberra Times
23 June – A history of failure – Letters to the Editor, Canberra Times
19 June – Time Government moved on smoke pollution – Letters to the Editor, City News (Canberra)
16 June – Call for wood fire heaters to be banned – Canberra Times
19 June – How air pollution punishes people with lung conditions – Air Quality News
20 February – Wildfire and Wood Smoke Effects on Human Airway Epithelial Cells: A Scoping Review – Science Direct
13 February – A Heated Debate: Are Australian Woodfire Heaters Polluting the Nation’s Human Rights Obligations? – GCHL Student Blog
23 January – Air quality: What Happened on Thursday, January 16, 2025 – The Golden Star
2024
11 December – Birmingham’s wood burning emissions increased sevenfold over 12-years – Air Quality News.
22 November – The fatal attraction of domestic wood burning – Air Quality News.
4 October – Dangers of adding rubbish to home fires – The Guardian
2 October – Amsterdam eyeing ban on wood heaters to improve air quality – NL Times
1 August – Snug but safe, your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices? – The Conversation
20 July – Canberra, You Deserve the Facts, Asthma Australia advertisement – Canberra Times
16 July – Black market firewood suppliers targeting unsuspecting Victorians – ABC News
20 June – How wood heaters make us sick – City News (Canberra)
18 June – How the Danes took a stand on wood heaters – City News (Canberra)
14 June – Doctors warn of air pollution risks – Armidale Express
6 June – Neuroinflammation is dependent on sex and ovarian hormone presence following acute wood smoke exposure – Scientific Reports
12 March – The deadly impact of wood heater smoke, with Professor Sotiris Vardoulakis (Podcast, Medical Journal of Australia)
20 February – Beware the Liberal ‘progressive’ claim – Letters to the Editor, City New (Canberra)
14 February – Wood-burning stoves largely offset fall in particulate pollution from roads in UK – The Guardian
8 February – Ban on wood-burning stoves in UK homes could be enforced by 2027 – Leicestershire Live
7 February – Third of Dutch burned more wood for heat due to high gas price; Dangerous, GGD’s warn – NL Times.
2 February – The stove is harmful to health, including the health of neighbors – Dividend Wealth
31 January – Death toll shows extreme air pollution events a growing urban threat – Curtin University
28 January – Campaigners call for curbs on ‘polluting’ wood-burning stoves to protect human health and the environment– The Scotsman
27 January – Wood Heaters Blamed: Dozens Of Avoidable Deaths In The ACT Each Year, Study Finds – India Education
26 January – Mother of girl whose death was linked to air pollution sues UK government – The Guardian
26 January – Domestic wood burners having a deadly impact in outside areas – The Guardian
25 January – ACT Legislative Assembly Committee Recommends the Protection of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment – Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
23 January – Wood heaters contribute more air pollution than cars, so is it time Hobart banned them? – ABC Hobart.
3 January – Clean air advocates want bylaw to phase out polluting wood-fired ovens – Montreal Gazette
2023
21 December – New study shows that wood heaters are responsible for dozens of avoidable deaths in the ACT each year – Medical Express.
7 December – Wood heater smoke causes up to 63 avoidable deaths per year in the ACT, researchers say – RIOTACT
26 October – Canberra set to become the first place in Australia to legislate the right to a healthy environment – ABC News
16 October – ACT Government stands firm on 2045 wood heater ban after petition gains momentum – RIOTACT
15 December – Spare the Air alert extended as Bay Area air quality reaches unhealthy levels – San Francisco Chronicle
6 October – Indoor wood burning raises women’s lung cancer risk by 43%, says US study – The Guardian
4 October – Oregon among states suing EPA over wood stove pollution – Missoula Current
4 October – Air pollution should be listed on death certificates – British Medical Journal
27 September – Risk of stroke grows after just 5 days of air pollution exposure – American Academy of Neurology
19 September – Exposure to wood smoke leads to complex and long-lasting neuroinflammatory and neurometabolomic alterations – (PsyPost)
14 September – All wood smoke is toxic – (North Coast Journal)
7 September – Call for greater focus on air pollution – ABC Radio
28 August – If wood heater smoke is such a burning issue, government can’t afford to take decades to stop it – (Riotact)
25 August – Canberra Government to phase out wood-burning stoves by 2045 – (airqualitynews.com)
24 August – ACT Government moves to phase out wood heaters by 2045 – (Mirage)
24 August – Wood heaters to be banned by 2045 – (Canberra City News)
24 August – Wood-Smoke Phase-Out Backed by Centre for Safer Air – (Tasmanian Times)
24 August – No new wood heaters, ACT Government first to commit to a phase out in suburbs (Asthma Australia)
24 August – Welcoming the phase out of wood heaters in the ACT for nature climate and health (Conservation Council ACT Region)
24 August – Canberra to phase out wood heaters by 2045 after report finds ‘no safe level of air pollution’ – (ABC News)
5 August – Nannup couple warns of fireplace risk after husband suffers carbon monoxide poisoning (ABC News) Also see – 31 May 2020 – Tasmanian mother warns about wood heater safety after carbon monoxide near miss (ABC News)
19 July – Push to replace Armidale wood heaters amid health concerns (The New England Times)
16 July – Action to tackle air pollution failing to keep up with research (The Guardian)
14 July – Backyard fire pit sales surge across Australia, sparking health, environment concerns (ABC News)
11 July – Short and long term exposure to air pollution increase risk of heart failure (Pharmacy Times)
29 June – The State to sue EPA for failure to comply with wood stove standards (KINY News)
17 June – Imagine the outcry if factories killed as many people as wood heaters (The Conversation)
9 June – Should governments make breathing clean air a human right? (Al Jazeera)
7 June – One man’s war with bureaucracy in battle to breathe (City News)
4 May – Murkowski presses Regan on wood heater certification program. (Biomass Magazine)
11 April – Air quality concerns spark call for wood-fire heater ban (ABC News)
29 March – Commissioner finds wood heaters smoky (PS News)
23 March – Canberra’s beloved wood heaters could have numbered days (ABC Radio Canberra)
18 March – Firewood thieves in regulators sights this Autumn (Bendigo Advertiser)
15 March – Silent epidemic, air pollution causes hundreds of deaths in NSW (Sydney Morning Herald)
15 March – Air pollution in NSW causes 603 premature deaths and costs $4.8bn a year, study finds (The Guardian)
13 February – How bad is wood burning? and why do people do it? (The New Climate Medium)
10 February – Arsenic found in London air raises fears over use of waste wood as fuel (The Guardian)
9 February – Major health warning to anyone with a wood burning stove in their home (Leicestershire Live)
9 February – Wood burners in effect banned in new and refurbished home in London (The Guardian)
6 February – Rise in UK wood burners likely to be creating pollution hotspots in affluent areas (The Guardian)
2 February – How to get rid of a wood burning stove (The Guardian)
26 January – Campaign launched to raise awareness of wood burning dangers (Air Quality News)
20 January – Wood burning smoke is deadly (Laguna Beach Local News)
2022
27 December – My burning shame: I fitted my house with three wood burning stoves. (The Guardian)
2 December – The most damaging and dirtiest heating method. An expert explains how wood-burning stoves are now polluting entire residential areas in Germany. (California 18)
30 November – Young kids who breath polluted air can fall behind in school, study finds (Washington Post)
23 November – Longterm exposure to air pollution undermines the immune system (Technology Works)
13 November – Tiny particles in the air may tigger sudden heart atatcks – study suggests (Science Alert)
19 October – Swiss-led research helps uncover new truths about air pollution (Swiss Info)
30 September – Global Warming is exacerbated by Australian wood heaters – Journal of Ecology and Toxicology
21 September – Air pollution increases hospital admission risk for autistic children, study suggests (The Guardian)
15 September – The psychology of woodburning: Why we do it and how to stop. (Air Quality News)
6 August – Study underscores that exposure to air pollution harms brain development in the very young (Inside Climate News)
17 June – Is woodsmoke hovering over your home in Orange? (Central Western Daily)
14 June – Asthma Australia calls on residents get rebates in wood heater replacement program (Canberra Times)
11 June – Where there’s smoke, there’s ire: wood heaters in the firing line as temps drop and pollution rises (RIOT ACT)
10 June – Help for low-income households to get cleaner heaters (Canberra Weekly)
10 June – Otago Regional Council welcomes findings on wood smoke effects (Scoop NZ)
8 June – New Wood Heater Replacement Program to make transition more accessible Also see ACT Legislative Assembly discussion here.
15 May – Asthma sufferers warned over health impacts of woodfire heaters (Starts at 60)
9 May – Calls for wood fires to be phased out over health concerns (3AW Melbourne)
9 May – We’ll smoke em out – Herald Sun Melbourne
7 May – Concerns over woodfire smoke re-ignite as temperatures drop (RIOT ACT)
5 May – EU governments may have to cough up over air pollution as Parisian asks for £18m (Herald Scotland)
25 April – Air pollution exposure may cause heart attack within hour (Air Quality News)
8 April – Efficacy of Air Filtration and Education Interventions on Indoor Fine Particulate Matter and Child Lower Respiratory Tract Infections among Rural U.S. Homes Heated with Wood Stoves: (Environmental Health Perspectives)
31 March – Home wood burning in UK causes £1bn of health costs a year, report says (The Guardian)
11 March – The Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research releases its 2022 Election priorities (CARE)
8 March – The far-reaching consequences of wood smoke pollution (High Country News)
3 March – Wood-burning Stoves Raise New Health Concerns (UN Dark)
15 February – Wood burners emit more particle pollution than traffic, UK data shows (The Guardian)
18 February – Wood Smoke Kills – Multnomah County finally agrees (Portland Mercury)
17 February – New wood-burning rules effective immediately in Multnomah County (Multnomah County News)
1 February – Clean Air in London exposes cosy world of the wood stove industry (Clean Air London)
24 January – Woodstove exchange program back with increased rebates (Prince George Daily News)
2021
19 December – Air Pollution: Wood Smoke Linked for Almost 50% of Human Exposure to Cancer-causing Chemicals (Nature World News)
19 December – Climate Action Council wants to reduce ‘Upstate wood smoke’ (Times Union)
17 December – Wood burners cause nearly half of urban air pollution cancer risk – study (The Guardian)
24 November – Why we need transparency in the wood-burning industry (Air Quality News)
14 October – English councils issue only 19 fines for wood smoke despite 18,000 complaints (The Guardian)
6 December – Weather, wood smoke expected to bring poor air quality to the Bay Area (SM Daily Journal)
16 August – Expert calls for government regulation of wood heaters to reduce smoke pollution (ABC)
9 August – Up in smoke: Study reveals deadly toll of household wood fires (Sydney Morning Herald)
9 August – Wood heater use under health spotlight (7 News)
20 June – The killer we’ve invited into the lounge room (ABC)
18 June – Wood heater ‘more damaging’ to lungs than having a truck running in a room, experts say (Video ABC News)
18 June – Call to phase out wood heaters due to health, environmental concerns (ABC)
18 June – ‘Like having a truck idling in your living room’: the toxic cost of wood-fired heaters (The Conversation)
13 June – AMA fires up over wood heater buy-back scheme (The Age)
2020
19 Dec – Wood burners triple harmful indoor air pollution, study finds (The Guardian)
7 July – How neighbouring wood heaters have made one Canberran’s home almost unlivable (Canberra Times)
31 May – Tasmanian mother warns about wood heater safety after carbon monoxide near miss (ABC News)
8 May – Million Dollar Firewood theft busted in Southern Tasmania – (ABC Hobart)
12 March – Unprecedented smoke-related health burden associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in eastern Australia – Medical Journal of Australia
2013
14 April – Wood heater link to heart, lung diseases – Sydney Morning Herald
2011
25 July – Letter to the Editor – Canberra Times
2010
20 July – Wood heater health concern aired – Queanbeyan Chronicle
14 July – Letter to the Editor – Canberra Times
16 June – Call to phase out wood burning – Southside Chronicle
17 March – Woodfires still a burning issue – Editorial, Canberra Times
2009
16 June – Letter to the Editor – Canberra Times
3 May – Air pollution link prompts wood burning stove ban call – Canberra Times
3 May – Letter to the Editor – Canberra Times
May – Push to ban wood heaters – Southside Chronicle
2007
29 July – Wood fire love unsound – Letters, Canberra Times
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