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, ...

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 ...

One of the signature sounds of spring in North Carolina could soon be the next frontline of the climate change revolution. Leaf blowers, those noisy machines that seem to echo across suburban ...

GREENWICH — After years of failed attempts, Greenwich has finally enacted new restrictions on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers, at least for part of the year. The Representative Town Meeting voted ...

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 ...

Pollution is the primary cause of global climate change that also affects our health. Let’s turn to another pollution that is having a similar effect on our emotional well-being. At the end of last ...

Brand new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers will soon become scarce in California. In October 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law banning the sale of gas-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers, ...