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So we are forced to use pg and e? Ya great idea
There are a variety of programs that do provide money for that, but unfortunately they don’t seem to be consistently funded and they depend on the senior navigating typical bureaucratic …
Those are all very loaded options with none providing a reasonable response as to why someone is opposed to the banning of the use of wood stoves. Ferndale, Rio Dell …
Liberal gurus like Thom Hartman and Bernie Sanders defined fascism as the binding or marrying of government and Big business or corporations. This looks like government policy written by investors …
It’s more likely the private equity and investment developers are requiring this to build their multistory income properties. You do realize that all of these code changes are banker and …
They are banned. Once 2025 models are gone you have to smuggle lawn mowers and line trimmers over the border.
Way too simple to make this some tribalism in the 2 party war. My friends that sent me the link to this article are Democrats and they’re likening this to …
Unless somebody with $$$ is going to pay for everybody to have their wood burning stoves replaced, no.A few years ago I saw somebody scolding the senior resource center for …
If they were really worried about burning wood and smoke they’d ban PG&E. By far the most death and damage from burning wood sits right at their feet.
They don’t want to “allow” too much public comment on new developments in the downtown district. Wonder if this is foreshadowing for what happens with the half block of fire-destroyed …
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Interesting how anti-corporate folks don’t want to know it when it is pointed out that the wood stove industry and the fossil gas industry actually overlap and lobby together. The …
If I can adapt to life without radiant heat, so can you. I even had a wood stove for heat in Oakland for decades, as well as Humboldt for as …
Fabulous!
It’s actually worse when you consider the localized emissions. Residential wood heating causes air pollution hotspots.Research has been done that has shown neighbors of wood burners can be exposed to …
Plus lead, and anyone who works in healthcare in this community knows that’s a problem in Humboldt. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/15/wood-burning-for-heat-reintroducing-lead-pollution-into-the-air-us-scientists-find
Wood stoves release tiny particles that lodge deep in the lungs. They also release carcinogens like benzene and formaldehyde. Exposure to wood smoke over an extended period of time is …
People are starting to catch on in other parts of the world.The Australian Capital Territory’s Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment put out a report that noted …
Being exposed to the smoke from a wood stove for several hours is as bad as smoking a pack a day. Wood smoke contains tiny particles that lodge deep in …
Extremism does only seem to exist on the other side, how lucky you are!!
No. These are people’s real-life experiences.This topic is usually framed around the needs of the people who burn wood. We need to start acknowledging the profound effects (and costs) on …
There are no solutions, just the illusion of certainty and a deep need to feel good about yourself at someone else’s cost.
The science is not in dispute, even if you find it personally inconvenient. Can you tell me what level of lead exposure is considered safe?
Wood burning is never neutral as far as carbon released into the air.
Both involve poisoning a shared resource.
Absolutely valid equivalence.
“Death Rates Across Heating and Energy SourcesThe mortality burden varies enormously depending on the fuel type, with heavily polluting solid fuels and fossil fuels presenting the highest risks.Solid Biomass (Wood, …
In the long run they are the cheapest option, though better public policy is needed to make them more accessible by covering upfront costs.Forced air systems also don’t work when …
In this state most electricity comes from non greenhouse gas renewables, and it’s quite possible to get that number to 100% as a local consumer.
Not BS. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-11/dbca-prescribed-burns-targets-questioned-air-fire-forum/102327200 https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/news/stories/2025/0325-smoke-from-u.s-wildfires-proscribed-burns-caused-premature-deaths-billions-in-health-damages