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A wood stove is more than just a source of warmth. For many homeowners, it represents comfort, independence, energy efficiency, and even a connection to traditional living. Whether you rely on it as ...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on April 19 issued a notice of violation against Stella-Jones, which owns a creosote manufacturing facility near the Homer and Bald Hill communities, for ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 7, 2023) An old Kerr-McGee Wood Treatment Facility is still causing health issues among residents in Springfield, Missouri. The former site of pressure-treated railroad tie ...

Q. We are having a problem with a wood burning stove, which is in the walkout basement of our home. It smokes so bad at times the smoke alarms go off. Also, it emits a tar like substance from the ...

A former railroad tie treatment facility in Springfield contaminated local soil and groundwater with creosote. Cleanup efforts, managed by the Multistate Environmental Response Trust, have focused on ...

More than 38,400 people from this area and other parts of the country have sought payment from a shrinking pot of money set aside for medical problems blamed on former Kerr-McGee Corp. sites, ...

Dear Jim: We use our wood-burning fireplace for heat. It has not been cleaned out for years and we noticed bad spots on the outdoor chimney brick. What maintenance steps can we do ourselves? -- ...

The Department of Natural Resources first developed and began a restoration program on aquatic lands in 2002, with creosote removal as a focus. This program has been so successful that the governor ...

We gathered in November in the Fifth Ward Missionary Baptist Church just north of Lyons Avenue. Dr. Robert Bullard, Dr. Denae King and Dr. Earthea Nance at Texas Southern University joined nonprofit ...