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check before you burn: SoCal Fireplace Ban Goes Into Effect - 11/04/11 04:52 PM
Almost exactly a year ago I told you about yet another effort by bureaucrats obsessed with controlling our lives (When Fireplaces are Outlawed, only outlaws will have fireplaces) - in this case the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and their 'Check Before You Burn' Initiative. That blog and subsequent article burned up a lot of people, including a spokehole for the SCAQMD who called me to point out some inaccuracies in my blog.
The inaccuracies were predicated on information available from the SCAQMD at the time and had to do with the scope of the ban. At the … (2 comments)

check before you burn: When fireplaces are outlawed only outlaws will have fireplaces. - 11/19/10 06:15 PM
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has recently launched the latest salvo aimed at curbing individual freedoms and property right. This initiative, dubbed 'Check Before You Burn', is geared toward forcing people to refrain from using their wood burning fireplaces or other wood burning heaters in an effort to 'improve wintertime air quality'. 

Under this new program, the AQMD will issue no-burn advisories through the end of February for specific areas where 'fine particulates are forecast to reach unhealthy levels'. For 2011 the no-burn prohibition is voluntary but starting in 2012 there will be a series of escalating … (11 comments)