Goodbye house coal? Government sets out plans for cleaner stoves

Madeleine Cuff
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Ministers plan to cut air pollution by phasing out house coal, enforcing new emission limits, and curbing sale of wet wood for home stoves

Burning house coal could soon become a thing of the past in the UK, under new government plans to clean up the home heating sector which were released last week. In an effort to reduce air pollution...

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