Source: Rebecca Martinez, WUNC, 3/15/18


Duke Energy has committed $500,000 to help replace inefficient wood-burning stoves in Western North Carolina.
The American Lung Association is implementing the rebate program. Many remote households depend outdated wood stoves for heat, and those stoves use large amounts of fuel and produce huge clouds of pollution, according to policy vice president Janice Nolen, adding these communities already face other health problems.

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