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With the EPA's backing, Minnesota has been a leader in lowering fine -particle <br />pollution by requiring manufacturers of wood -burning stoves and boilers to <br />produce more efficient products. <br />As of May 2020 in Minnesota: <br />• Only wood -burning appliances that are 2020-certified by the manufacturer <br />can be advertised, offered for sale, sold, or installed in Minnesota. Dealers <br />selling models that aren't certified are violating the law. <br />• All 2020-certified units must have an approved, permanent label that is visible <br />when installed. <br />Some facts about wood burning in Minnesota: <br />• Minnesotans burn about 1.45 million cords of wood in a year, enough to <br />completely fill U.S. Bank Stadium. <br />• Nearly half of Minnesota households burn wood in either a heating appliance <br />or recreational fires. <br />• There are an estimated 288,000 wood -burning units such as stoves, furnaces, <br />and boilers in the state. About a third of them are pre-1989, which pollute <br />much more than those certified to the 2020 standard. <br />• About 7 percent of households burn wood for primary heat; 46 percent of <br />wood burned in Minnesota is for primary heat. <br />Minnesota residential wood combustion survey report (May 2017 - April 2018). <br />(aq-ei4-47) <br />See the EPA web site for more information on wood burning. <br />Share this <br />E� <br />in <br />