Northampton, also known as: Norwottuck Nonotuck Paradise City History of Northampton Northampton Weather Northampton Blogs ontheroad Ms. Sara C. Rauch Northampton Schools Smith College Smith Vocational High School Northampton High School Clarke School for the Deaf Other Area Colleges Hampshire College UMass Amherst College Mt. Holyoke College Greenfield Community College Holyoke Community College   contact us	Sunday, October 22, 2006 -  The Other Brown Energy City health official Ernest J. Mathieu has placed a moritorium on wood-burning boilers in Northampton until January 31, 2007. According to the EPA, the alternative energy source, despite costing far less to operate than an oil-based boiler system, produces as much particulates as a diesel-engine truck or bus! The practice is a cause of alarm for neighbors of wood-fired boilers (which are placed out-of-doors, unlike those cellar-based oil systems) due to the heavy, low-lying smoke that is produced by the burning wood. The smoke can get into neighboring houses, and cause respiritory issues among other things, like making your house smell like a campsite. What's worse anyway? Destorying ecosystems to drill for oil, or destroying ecosystems to log wood for home-heating? Didn't the pioneers use some other brown, "renewable" substance to heat their homes? Apparently, Mathieu only knows one of wood-fired boiler in town anyway... posted by nick  # 5:46 PM Comments: Post a Comment < << Home	News MassLive Daily Hampshire Gazette Valley Advocate The Daily Collegian WHMP Living Craigslist Western Mass Forbes Library City of Northampton Clean Water Action Mass Bike Pioneer Valley Art Iron Horse Entertainment Pleasant St. Theater Academy of Music Food River Valley Market Co-op Delivery Express The Dirty Truth Beerhall Local Businesses Pedal People Pleasant Street Theatre Video Interlink Publishing Archives October 2006 November 2006
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