Soot from wood-fired boilers is the subject of a suit by seven states against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The group says wood burning devices create 13% of all soot pollution in the U.S.

Burning of woody biomass, whether in boilers, kilns or from forest fires, is more damaging to the atmosphere than originally thought.

Masco's sale of Mill's Pride cabinetry plant, and Gilco Lumber's move in, was the wood industry's most viewed report. How-to woodworking videos, table saw safety, and a custom woodshop opening were also highly read.

EPA clean air standards for industrial boilers, Incinerators and some kilns include were issued the Friday before Christmas. They set numerical standards for small particle emissions,

The EPA has finalized the Boiler MACT Rule. The new rule reduces the cost of implementation while increasing the time a company has to comply.

The U.S. District Court has vacated the “Delay Notice” of the proposed Boiler MACT Rules. In announcing the decision against the Environmental Protection Agency, Judge Paul Friedman gave his opinion that the Delay Notice was "arbitrary and capricious."

The wood products industry and other manufacturing groups won a key battle last week in convincing the EPA to delay enforcement of the controversial MACT Boiler Rule.

WASHINGTON – In response to federal court orders requiring the issuance of final standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing final Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain incinerators that achieve significant public health protections through reductions in toxic air emissions, including mercury and soot, but cut the cost of implementation by about 50 percent from an earlier proposal issued last year.