The humble leaf blower has become one of the most contested pieces of yard equipment in America. What was once a mundane suburban tool is now at the center of air quality battles, noise ordinances, ...

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Few things are more irritating than the roar of a leaf blower at 7 a.m. on a Saturday. But beyond the noise, these machines blow pollutants into the air we breathe and emit planet-warming gases at ...

Rhode Island Republicans have introduced a bill to prevent cities and towns from banning gas-powered landscape equipment. The ...

The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. “Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth,” she said in an ...

Everyone hates gas-powered leaf blowers. So why is it so hard to ban them? The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. “Leaf ...