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, ...

Gas-powered leaf blowers harm New Jersey residents in three different ways. As a husband and father, I would like our state to protect us, and particularly our children, from all three forms of harm.

It is summertime again and your neighborhood is probably full, like mine, of the sound and smell of leaf blowers clearing away grass clippings and the hiss of string trimmers. Most of these appliances ...

As we head into leaf-blowing season, I am writing to urge the city of Northampton and Smith College to end their use of gas-powered leaf blowers, or, at a minimum, replace them with electric ones. As ...

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Council will once again review an ordinance to phase out gas-powered leaf blowers within city limits. The ordinance is a flashback to a 2021 failed proposal to ...

As fall leaves blanket yards and sidewalks, the gas-powered leaf blowers come out in full force and there’s no escaping the din – sometimes with a volume that reaches 100 decibels. And while we can’t ...

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 ...

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 ...