A Georgia bill that would prohibit local governments from banning gas-powered outdoor power equipment has passed a Georgia House of Representatives vote, according to a March 27 report from the Georgia Recorder.
According to a Jan. 5 report from The Wilton Bulletin, the city of Westport. Conn., will beginning restricting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers on May 15.
A landscaper in East Hampton, N.Y., addresses his village board, raising questions about why other noisy tools are not regulated and says that smaller landscaping companies can't afford battery-powered equipment.
Leaf blowers and other outdoor power equipment products are ubiquitous because they work. They save labor and time, says Kris Kiser, President & CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute.
The Wall Street Journal recently published a letter to the editor from Kris Kiser, president and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute. The letter was in response to an article in which someone is asking for the removal of leaf blowers.
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