The Providence City Council has moved forward with a new ordinance banning the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Gas leaf blowers have been widely criticized for their noise, environmental impacts, and ...

Lower Merion is one step closer to banning gas-powered leaf blowers. During an Oct. 8 committee meeting, township commissioners moved forward a preliminary proposal that would phase out gas-powered ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Montgomery County leaders are considering a significant change to the enforcement of the county's new gas-powered leaf blower ban, citing fears that the current policy could unfairly ...

LOWER MERION — Township officials plan to introduce an ordinance in October to regulate the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. During a recent sustainability committee meeting, Lower Merion Commissioner ...

A leaf blower at the US Air Force Memorial, in need of an operator (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott) Gas-powered leaf blowers could soon meet their downfall in Arlington. The County Board is considering a ...

San Mateo may soon ban gas leaf blowers, following the footsteps of several Peninsula cities, including Menlo Park and Burlingame. State law currently requires small off-road equipment, such as leaf ...

STAMFORD — City officials are considering prohibiting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers for most of the year, including replacing its own gasoline-powered landscaping equipment with electric ...

SANTA CRUZ — To reduce air and noise pollution in the city of Santa Cruz, an ordinance prohibiting the use of gas-powered landscaping implements takes effect this week, just more than a year after the ...

If you live in Maryland and have been considering buying and using eco-friendly alternatives to gas-powered leaf blowers, it might be a good time to make the switch. Many local governments in the ...

One of the hidden costs of gas leaf blowers goes beyond the noise and pollution—they’re also a tool of excessive and expensive labor, sometimes used for tasks that could be done in far more efficient, ...