CVRD: Say no to wood stove rebates

Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) Director Ken Grant has brought forward a resolution to significantly increase rebates for all types […]

Air Quality Advisory Committee in our future?

This week, CVRD approved a motion to get staff to investigate setting up an air quality advisory committee by Spring […]

FILM: Cost of Wood Heating

Breathe Clean Air is happy to launch a new film we had made about the cost of wood heating. The […]

Improved rebate program – 5 year old stoves eligible!

CVRD has improved its wood stove exchange program! If you have a stove that is manufactured before 2014, you can […]

Decafnation: Comox Valley has a wood stove problem

Decafnation, wrote an article on wood smoke pollution in the Comox Valley after attending a recent talk by Jennell Ellis […]

More on Candidate Positions on Air Quality

An election 2018 questionnaire by Decafnation asked candidates a question specific to air quality: What can [your area] do to improve […]

Candidates respond to Air Quality Questionnaire

NEWS RELEASE: Oct. 3, 2018 Candidates in the local government elections have responded to an air quality questionnaire distributed by […]

Things can change

Remember when we thought filtered cigarettes were healthier and ads actually used the words “smoke clean smoke”? Remember when doctor’s […]

The Affordability Challenge

One of the most common arguments in favour of wood heat is that it is affordable. Concerns are often raised […]

Videos from Public Forum on Air Quality

On March 14th, Breathe Clean Air hosted a public forum on air quality. Over 80 people attended, including a number […]

Wood smoke negates other efforts to reduce pollution

Wood burning–once thought of by many as a people and earth-friendly source of heat–is worsening pollution in cities in Europe. […]

Cumberland to look into no new installations of wood stoves

Last December, Cumberland staff introduced for first reading some new bylaws to regulate wood stoves in the town. Unfortunately, the bylaws […]

Public meeting on Air Quality in the Comox Valley

We are hosting a public meeting on Air Quality in the Comox Valley. The event will be Wednesday, March 14th, […]

Was $2.5 million on wood stove exchange worth it?

Does focusing on getting people to switch to newer stoves work? Did it work after one town spent $2.5 million […]

Rebates for new wood stoves: Not effective solution to pollution

BC’s wood stove exchange program provides rebates for the removal of highly polluting, uncertified wood stoves. In a positive step, […]

Air Quality Forum April 4th

There is an important AIR QUALITY FORUM in the Comox Valley on Tuesday, April 4th. This is an “Elected Officials […]

‘Eco’ wood stove pollutes 25 times more than truck

“It does not seem logical that an eco-labelled stove is allowed to pollute 25 times more than a 10 year […]

Monitor location makes sense (letter to editor)

On Nov. 25th, the Comox Valley Echo reported on comments from CVRD Directors, Ken Grant and Larry Jangula (click on […]

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