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EPA's Wood-Burning Stove Ban Has Chilling Consequences For Many Rural People
Forbes ^ | 1-29-14 | Larry Bell,

Posted on 02/03/2014 4:33:29 PM PST by dynachrome

The impacts of EPA’s ruling will affect many families. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011 survey statistics, 2.4 million American housing units (12 percent of all homes) burned wood as their primary heating fuel, compared with 7 percent that depended upon fuel oil.

Local governments in some states have gone even further than EPA, not only banning the sale of noncompliant stoves, but even their use as fireplaces. As a result, owners face fines for infractions. Puget Sound, Washington is one such location. Montréal, Canada proposes to eliminate all fireplaces within its city limits.

Only weeks after EPA enacted its new stove rules, attorneys general of seven states sued the agency to crack down on wood-burning water heaters as well. The lawsuit was filed by Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, all predominately Democrat states. Claiming that EPA’s new regulations didn’t go far enough to decrease particle pollution levels, the plaintiffs cited agency estimates that outdoor wood boilers will produce more than 20 percent of wood-burning emissions by 2017. A related suit was filed by the environmental group Earth Justice.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: agenda21; epa; greentyranny; nannystate; particulates; sueandsettle; thuggery; woodstoves
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To: castlegreyskull
They won’t be happy until people start burning garbage the remains of friends, relatives and passers-by inside their house for heat.

There, all fixed.

261 posted on 02/04/2014 3:07:34 PM PST by elkfersupper
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To: roofgoat
I take comfort in knowing that pretty much anything new coming from Washington is unenforceable. Unless of course CWII or RII is what they are after. Well...then by God they will have it.

And no apology necessary. It's all part of the daily riposte and parry that goes on here at FR.

262 posted on 02/04/2014 5:51:14 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: CSM

It’s amazing what will fit into a golf bag.


263 posted on 02/04/2014 8:01:56 PM PST by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: palmer

LOL, too funny.


264 posted on 02/05/2014 2:51:22 AM PST by Joe Miner
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Dr. Savage was right. Liberalism is a mental disorder.


265 posted on 02/06/2014 9:39:45 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: rockrr
“Excuse me while I toss another log on the fire” ;’) Willie says you are supposed to get HER to do that!
266 posted on 02/13/2014 3:50:54 AM PST by AK_47_7.62x39 (There are many moderate Muslims, but there is no such thing as a moderate Islam. -- Geert Wilders)
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To: palmer

Palmer

f off. the epa asking for questions is just a formality.

to the rest of you. buy a stove now.


267 posted on 02/15/2014 8:43:01 PM PST by AdamBomb
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To: palmer

you are a fing ahole. they want to put particulate filters on wood stoves. this will force people to buy fireplaces that actually pollute more.


268 posted on 02/15/2014 8:46:39 PM PST by AdamBomb
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