2022
21 September – Air pollution increases hospital admission risk for autistic children, study suggests
6 August – Study underscores that exposure to air pollution harms brain development in the very young
17 June – Is woodsmoke hovering over your home in Orange?
14 June – Asthma Australia calls on residents get rebates in wood heater replacement program
11 June – Where there’s smoke, there’s ire: wood heaters in the firing line as temps drop and pollution rises
10 June – Help for low-income households to get cleaner heaters
10 June – Otago Regional Council welcomes findings on woodsmoke effects
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
9 May – Calls for wood fires to be phased out over health concerns
7 May – Concerns over woodfire smoke re-ignite as temperatures drop
5 May – EU governments may have to cough up over air pollution as Parisian asks for £18m
25 April – Air pollution exposure may cause heart attack within hour
31 March – Home wood burning in UK causes £1bn of health costs a year, report says
11 March – The Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research releases its 2022 Election priorities
8 March – The far-reaching consequences of woodsmoke pollution
3 March – Wood-burning Stoves Raise New Health Concerns
15 February – Wood burners emit more particle pollution than traffic, UK data shows
18 February – Wood Smoke Kills – Multnomah County finally agrees
17 February – New wood-burning rules effective immediately in Multnomah County
1 February – Clean Air in London exposes cosy world of the wood stove industry
24 January – Woodstove exchange program back with increased rebates
2021
19 December – Air Pollution: Wood Smoke Linked for Almost 50% of Human Exposure to Cancer-causing Chemicals
19 December – Climate Action Council wants to reduce ‘Upstate wood smoke’
17 December – Wood burners cause nearly half of urban air pollution cancer risk – study
24 November – Why we need transparency in the wood-burning industry
14 October – English councils issue only 19 fines for wood smoke despite 18,000 complaints
6 December – Weather, wood smoke expected to bring poor air quality to the Bay Area
16 August – Expert calls for government regulation of wood heaters to reduce smoke pollution
9 August – Up in smoke: Study reveals deadly toll of household wood fires
9 August – Wood heater use under health spotlight
20 June – The killer we’ve invited into the lounge room
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
18 June – ‘Like having a truck idling in your living room’: the toxic cost of wood-fired heaters
13 June – AMA fires up over wood heater buy-back scheme
2020
7 July – How neighbouring wood heaters have made one Canberran’s home almost unlivable
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