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Remote work made the noise from gas-powered leaf blowers inescapable. But more people are also learning just how bad they are for health, the environment and the many landscape workers with gas containers strapped to their backs.

As restrictions spread, neighborhoods are getting quieter—and cleaner.

As restrictions on leaf blowers spread across the country, neighborhoods are getting quieter — and cleaner.

The EPA was supposed to keep studying noise pollution and finding ways to fix it. More than 40 years later, a lawsuit might force it to act.

With ear-pounding sources that range from gasoline-powered leaf blowers to crypto mining, a campaign aims to force the agency back into a previously

Getting a yard tends to complicate peoples feelings about fall foliage. Maybe the changing leaves once conjured a childhood of leaping into big piles or weekend drives taking in the autumn colors. Now, what youre peeping will eventually land on your lawn and consume your weekend.

No leaf blowers, regardless of gas or electric, can be used before 8 a.m. or after 5 p.m....

A heavy duty commercial electric mower with long-lasting batteries can cost nearly $30,000, more than three times what a comparable gas-powered machine sells for.

A heavy duty commercial electric mower with long-lasting batteries can cost nearly $30,000, more than three times what a comparable gas-powered machine sells for.

Gas-powered leaf blowers’ noise levels can cause stress and they pollute more than a...