For larger leaf-clearing efforts, powerful (but higher maintenance) gas-powered handheld and backpack leaf blowers can turn an ankle-high layer of leaves into a giant pile before you know it. After ...

Gas-powered leaf blowers have been around since the early 1970s, but over time, the lawn care device has received criticism from angry neighbors and eco-conscious lawmakers, some of whom have ...

But the gas lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and weed eaters that have been used for more than a century to keep lawns manicured aren’t only noisy—in the past few years, researchers have discovered ...

On Feb. 5, the Providence City Council hosted a public hearing on an ordinance that would ban gas-powered leaf blowers, with plans to phase out the use of the equipment starting in 2028. If passed, a ...

If approved, the ordinance would ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers within the city limits, beginning in 2028 for city contractors and in 2033 for the general public.

Doug O'Malley, director of Environment New Jersey, said more than 100 cities across the U.S. have banned or restricted gas-powered leaf blowers, which he called a major source of pollution.

But gas leaf blowers don’t have to follow the Clean Air Act.” She cited a study by Edmunds Auto Group that found a half-hour use of a gas leaf blower releases as many pollutants as driving a ...

New rules to mow down pollution Gas-powered lawn equipment might be small, but the tools are a major pollution source because their engines effectively work as smog machines. Many weed wackers and ...

BRRRRRRRRRR. A ban on gas-powered leaf blowers is arriving in Cambridge. By Spencer Buell Globe Staff,Updated March 12, 2025, 9:36 a.m.

The Town of Huntington’s “pausing” of restrictions on gas-powered leaf blowers is a terrible step backward [“Pause on gas leaf blower limit,” Our Towns, Feb. 21].