Category: Wood Burning

Pellet Victims To Receive Restitution

ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES NEW ENGLAND PELLET TO PROVIDE AT LEAST $55,000 IN RESTITUTION TO CONSUMERS Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that New England Pellet LLC of Enfield and its owners will pay at least $55,000 in restitution to consumers to settle allegations that it accepted prepayments for wood pellets it was later unable to [...]

Accurate Chimney Gets Busted In Windsor

Department of Consumer Protection and Windsor Police Nab Would-Be Chimney Scam Artist HARTFORD, April 23 – “This is an example of how informed citizens can protect themselves and help us keep unlawful contractors from profiting in Connecticut,” Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. said in announcing that his office and officers from the [...]

Outdoor Wood-Burning Furnace Ban Sought

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today called on the General Assembly to ban outdoor wood-burning furnaces, which he claims “continuously emit toxic smoke that sickens neighbors and pollutes neighborhoods.” The American Lung Association and Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), a nonprofit health advocacy group, joined Blumenthal in urging the legislature to impose a statewide [...]