Officials with the Bay Area Air District announced a Winter Spare the air Alert and a ban on wood burning is in effect for New Year's Day 2026. In a statement Tuesday, the agency said it issued the ...
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.
Throwing another log into a crackling fireplace on a cold winter’s night might seem like a cozy, harmless tradition. But Northwestern University scientists have found residential wood burning is a ...