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 ...

Winter, in many locales, brings with it some amount of snowfall. Thus, figuring out how to keep your driveway and walkways clear becomes a top priority, with the usual suspects of shovels and snow ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Autumn is one of the best times of the year. The trees are especially pretty, dotting the landscape with yellows, oranges, and blazing reds.

On a recent morning, I stepped into my backyard with the decibel reader on my phone and watched as the needle quivered between 92 and 96 dB, securely in the red “danger” zone (the equivalent of ...

Inspired by a newly opened store in Aspen and another forthcoming brick-and-mortar out west (its exact location still under wraps), Veronica Swanson Beard and Veronica Miele Beard have gone yeehaw for ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It could be mistaken for a sci-fi movie prop but is designed to blow away debris and snow with a 120mph gust.

Leaf blowers aren’t just for leaves. There are plenty of jobs around the house, and beyond, that can be made easier using powerful bursts of air. Some seem obvious, while others may surprise and ...

BETHESDA, Md. — As autumn leaves begin to fall, Montgomery County’s landmark ban on gas-powered leaf blowers officially went into effect on July. 1, is facing an unexpected crisis over its enforcement ...

This week, an array of cultural luminaries traveled to the ancient Siwa Oasis in Egypt’s far-off Western Desert for the inauguration of a private museum dedicated to the art of Peter Beard, the ...