According to the California Air Resources Board, just one hour of gas leaf blower use is the equivalent of driving 1,100 miles. Running a gas lawn mower for the same period equates to a 300-mile ...

For larger leaf-clearing efforts, powerful (but higher maintenance) gas-powered handheld and backpack leaf blowers can turn ...

Experts are concerned about what's going in the air when gas-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers are powered up. Pollution such as PM 2.5, or particulate matter, nitrogen oxide known as NOx and ...

This year, for the first time, leaf blowers, weed wackers, lawn mowers and other small off-road engines are expected to produce more smog-forming emissions than passengers cars. We must move to ...

The 9 Best Backpack Leaf Blowers For Clearing Your Lawn This Fall. ... A leaf blower with an air volume of 600 cfm is sufficient for cleaning a large yard. By 1,000 cfm, ...

More than 100 cities and towns have put a gas powered leaf blower ban into place. The California Air Resources Board recently announced a gas-powered leaf blower ban to be enacted by 2024 ...

Sanctuary is being lost to the sanctity of a well-groomed lawn. With a million new gas-powered blowers sold each year, and manufacturers pushing the year-round use of leaf blowers for a variety of ...

A study in 2015 found that lawn mowers, trimmers, leaf blowers, and other lawn equipment accounted for a quarter of all emissions of cancer-causing benzene in 2011.

Montgomery County, which is phasing out the use of gas-powered leaf blowers and leaf vacuums, ranked 16th among U.S. counties for “fine particulate” air pollution in 2020, with Prince George ...

Some cordless leaf blowers are available to buy with two batteries such as this Worx 20V Cordless Leaf Blower ($159, Amazon). If you have a gas-powered leaf blower however, fill the fuel tank and ...