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A phase-out of gas-powered leaf blowers in Seattle has been in the works for years, and while Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is on track, a citywide ban remains unclear. SPR Public Affairs Manager ...

A gradual ban on noisy, polluting gas-powered leaf blowers in Portland officially went into effect on Jan. 1. The new law, approved by the Portland City Council in March of 2024, will eliminate 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 ...

Gas leaf blowers are the latest bogeyman of the complaining class (“Time to put an end to the gas leaf blower terror,” Dec. 19). No doubts here that those complaints are valid. The solution is, I do ...

Think Portland isn’t business friendly? Start selling electric leaf blowers. That’s what Kevin Cardoza is doing. He’s the battery and robotics automation strategist at Stark Street Lawn & Garden, and ...

MANY TOPICS divide Americans: illegal immigration, abortion, the rights of transgender people. And then there are leaf blowers. In recent years dozens of municipalities have enacted ordinances ...

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 ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — With just over two years to go before gas-powered leaf blowers are banned year-round in Ann Arbor, the city is offering new financial incentives to help residents make the transition ...