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U.S. bans on gasoline-powered leaf blowers grow, as does blowback from landscaping industry
KLAS Las Vegas· 15 hours agoTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The roar of the leaf blower has become an inescapable part of daily life in...
Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Bans
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 16 hours agoAntonio Espinoza, a supervisor with the Gras Lawn landscaping company, removes gasoline-powered leaf blowers from his company's truck to clean up around...
Ann Arbor restrictions on gas-powered leaf blowers in effect this summer
ClickOnDetroit· 7 hours agoResidents using gas-powered leaf blowers between June and September risk having to pay a fine thanks...
Blowing leaves in NJ? Potential fines range from $25 to $1,000
New Jersey 101.5 FM· 13 hours agoNew Jersey lawmakers have backed off from proposing an all-out ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. But...
Students Invent Leaf Blower Silencer Attachment–Corporation Expects to Be Selling Them Soon
GoodNewsNetwork· 23 hours agoEngineering students at Johns Hopkins have created a silencer module for the campus leaf blowers, reducing the overall noise pollution of the devices by 37%, while they succeeded in almost completely ...
Score Over 30% Off This Editor-Tested Backpack Leaf Blower
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 3 days agoThe Best Backpack Leaf Blower Is Over 30% Off NowPopular Mechanics; Greenworks Despite its name,...
Swarthmore’s move to ban gas leaf blowers gets blowback — and support
Philly.com· 4 days ago“Why do we put up with these earsplitting, obnoxious gas-powered leaf blowers?” one resident asked....
Millions of huge insects are causing chaos in Nevada. They’ve inspired a whole festival
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFoul-smelling Mormon crickets blanket the ground in parts of Nevada, an infestation many locals are...
Historic ship to be kicked out of Philadelphia over rent dispute
The Patriot-News· 3 days agoA historic ship that still holds a record it broke over 70 years ago is being booted out of a port...
Greenwich officials worry if landscapers get exemptions to gas leaf-blower ban 'it will never end'
Greenwich Time· 6 days agoGreenwich officials voted to ban the use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers during the summer earlier...