The days of the gas-powered leaf blower may be numbered, as states and cities across the U.S. are trying to phase them out in ...

Advocates and politicians have worked for years to ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in San Jose. A new incentive could be the answer. Although the state has banned the purchase of new gas leaf ...

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 ...

The world is racing to go electric, and leaf blowers are falling behind. You probably haven’t heard about the effect gas-powered leaf blowers have on the environment. You probably haven’t thought ...

WALNUT CREEK — Many leaves on the 1,200 trees near Jeanette Asselin’s Countrywood home still haven’t dropped, but she’s already worried about how to pick them all up. The 72-year-old Asselin, who has ...

For some homeowners, outdoor yard maintenance may have shifted from leaf cleanup to clearing snow from our driveways and ...

This is in response to the letter to the editor "Unrealistic demand on landscapers" (Dec. 8) by Joe Sbardella of Warren. Mr. Sbardella, a former landscaping business owner, claims that a new state ...

PROVIDENCE – Gas-powered leaf blowers have been decried for the noise and air pollution they emit, but replacing them with quieter and cleaner electric models can cost a lot of money. So the state is ...

Gas powered leaf blowers are horrible. We need to get rid of them. There are electric leaf blowers that work really well. If we use electric leaf blowers, this would lower the noise and eliminate the ...

NORWALK — Yard work this September should sound a little different in Norwalk with the beginning of the seasonal leaf blower ban. Starting Sept. 1 until mid-October, the use of all gas-powered leaf ...

The town of Woodside continues to navigate the prohibition of gas-powered leaf blowers as it catches up to neighboring towns ...

We tested scores of models on thousands of pounds of leaves to find the top performers for any yard of any size CR test engineer Jonathan Tuczynski assesses a leaf blower's ability to loosen embedded ...