Cities and states are trying to ditch America's most hated appliance. They're already running into challenges.

Across the U.S., some 11 million leaf blowers roar into action every year, obliterating delicate debris with 200-mile-per-hour winds. Their distinctive, whining drone has been hard to escape. But ...

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Leaf blowers may clear debris quickly, but their extreme noise and emissions can harm hearing, air quality, and the ...

The best handheld and backpack electric leaf blowers from CR's tests include models from Ego and Ryobi Many battery-powered leaf blowers, like these from Ryobi, Ego, and Atlas (left to right), are ...

It seems absurd to me that, even though we are constantly being scolded about our rotten air in this valley, we continue to allow "landscape specialists" to use leaf blowers ad nauseum. We are being ...

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Gas-powered leaf blowers will be banned in Lower Merion starting in 2029. The Montgomery County township on Wednesday became the first in Pennsylvania to ban gas-powered leaf blowers, commissioners ...

Gas-powered leaf blowers will soon be silenced in Lower Merion after township commissioners voted to ban the motorized tool.