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, ...

On a recent morning, I stepped into my backyard with the decibel reader on my phone and watched as the needle quivered between 92 and 96 dB, securely in the red “danger” zone (the equivalent of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beginning in March, San Carlos residents can get up to $100 from the city for replacing their gas-powered leaf blowers for an electric alternative, with the council’s adoption of a ...

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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stamford Parks Department employees Mike Pinto, left, and Ronnie Perkins clear leaves using a leaf blower at Scalzi Park in ...

WASHINGTON -- A bill introduced originally by Councilmember Mary Cheh to ban the sale and use of gas blower leaf blowers was voted on unanimously to move forward to the November 13 legislative session ...