A Wisconsin couple was electrocuted attempting a popular but dangerous wood-burning technique, law enforcement officials said. The "fractal burning" technique creates lightning-like etchings by ...

But residents in a large swath of Southern California should refrain from burning wood Friday — the destructive Mountain fire has thrown air pollutants into a frenzy, air quality officials said.

The report from Princeton researcher Timothy Searchinger and Yale economist Steve Berry cuts against the idea at the core of the growing wood pellet industry: that burning trees for fuel actually ...