10/27/09 OWB's & the by-product of energy freedom

We had our first 5 months of smoke-free living in 3 years the past summer. 5 months where we didn't have to check the air before stepping out into it. Life was almost getting back to normal. My wife hasn't had a single asthma attack since they took the OWB away. I haven't had one headache triggered by smoke. Our home, our clothes, our dogs don't smell like smoke as they had for the last 3 years. We were no longer sleeping under a cloud of carbon monoxide night after night. We were grateful our neighbor finally realized the severe negative impact he was having on his fellow property owners. Were even about to remove this web site.

But we apparently had way too much faith in people and our local government. Because now it's back. The owner installed a new OWB. After the City spoke to him, after the MPCA wrote him, after 20 of our neighbors loudly cried "OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS DO NOT BELONG IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD", it's back. And as bad as ever.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Wood smoke pollution
• outdoor wood boiler
• outdoor wood furnace
• free heat machine

[educationforu]

You're dealing with a much more terrible situation than I am. My neighbors have a dirty burning indoor stove. I know it's frustrating.