Efforts to decrease the use of wood stoves and wood-burning fireplaces in Portland seem to have had little effect, according ...

John Wasiutynski, the director for Multnomah County’s Office of Sustainability, talked on Beat Check about the pollution ...

Creosote is a hard, black substance resembling tar that forms when smoke from a wood-burning fireplace cools and condenses, particularly when the fire is not burning really hot. A creosote buildup ...

Homeowners who mount their TV above a fireplace could unknowingly be damaging their expensive electronics, as an expert issues a warning about a new 18-inch rule ...