
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 […]
Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) Director Ken Grant has brought forward a resolution to significantly increase rebates for all types […]
The following is a Letter to the Editor from a local nursing student. It was published in the Comox Valley […]
Reducing fine particulate pollution from diesel vehicles has been the focus of many efforts to clean up our air. Emissions […]
In the Comox Valley, wood heat generates 73 times more harmful fine particulate matter (PM2.5) than all other sources of […]
Researchers at the Umea University in northern Sweden have studied air quality in homes where wood-fire stoves are used and […]
Does focusing on getting people to switch to newer stoves work? Did it work after one town spent $2.5 million […]
The BC government has released a new report on Air Quality in Courtenay “Patterns of Air Quality and Meteorology in […]
BC’s wood stove exchange program provides rebates for the removal of highly polluting, uncertified wood stoves. In a positive step, […]
This past January-February, a mobile monitoring study of fine particulates was conducted in the Comox Valley for two weeks. Two […]
There is an important AIR QUALITY FORUM in the Comox Valley on Tuesday, April 4th. This is an “Elected Officials […]
“It does not seem logical that an eco-labelled stove is allowed to pollute 25 times more than a 10 year […]
The photos below were taken in Courtenay, Cumberland, Comox and CVRD in November 2016.These are not being shared to target specific homes. […]
“Health concerns about wood smoke are driving some B.C. municipalities to ban old, inefficient stoves starting as early as next […]
The Comox Valley Record published an article on the new wood stove regulations in B.C. “Changes to the solid fuel […]