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Are electric fireplaces safe?

Electric fireplaces have become a popular choice in place of traditional wood-burning fireplaces because they're easy to ...
A wood-burning fireplace isn’t great for the planet or your health. But there are things you can do to make your fireplace better.
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.
Businesses that burn wood to produce energy have struggled in the United States to compete economically, even as wood-pellet exports to Europe from states like Alabama and North Carolina have soared ...
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 ...