This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. For more than 100 million years, trees have dropped their leaves every fall, creating a protective layer of ...
Of all the world’s intolerable noises, none can match the shriek of a gas-powered leaf blower — the unholy contraption that interrupts autumn with its daylong caterwaul. Even from two blocks away, ...
Grist reports on the challenges of banning gas-powered leaf blowers, despite rising support and health concerns, highlighted ...
RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Town Board members are considering changes to a noise law dealing with gas-powered leaf blowers. Resident Rudy McEntire during a meeting Tuesday asked for the changes and suggested ...
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. - A Long Island woman claims her complaints of loud noise and pollution are being ignored by her town. She tells CBS2's Jennifer McLogan that commercial landscapers are disturbing the ...
ALTADENA, Calif. — With the Omicron variant of the coronavirus still circulating, six friends gathered last Saturday for an outdoor brunch on the patio of a house in Los Angeles County. But as the ...
The familiar roar of gas-powered leaf blowers is turning into a political fault line, as cities and states move to restrict or phase out the machines and lawn crews and conservative lawmakers push ...
In your recent column about leaf blowers, I was disappointed that you did not mention the pollution from those infernal machines. The emissions from half an hour of leaf blowing are equivalent to ...
When I was a kid, I used to help my mother clear leaves the old-fashioned way — with a rake. These days, I don’t see many rakes in my neighborhood. It seems everyone has a leaf blower or a landscaper ...