‘A serious threat’: calls grow for urgent review of England’s wood-burning stoves

The government wants to educate owners of log burners on cleaner use. Photograph: Kathy deWitt/Alamy

Politicians and campaigners have called for an urgent review of wood-burning stoves, which cause large amounts of pollution in urban areas.

The calls follow the admission by the environment secretary that the government had set weaker air pollution targets than it would like. The admission came as she announced a new environmental plan for England that held back from banning wood-burning stoves and settled instead for “educating” people on their use.