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 ...

Eyeing up one of Ryobi's gas leaf blowers? We took a look at customer reviews to find out if buyers were happy with their ...

NORWALK — Despite the city’s new ordinance banning gas-powered leaf blowers for six weeks this fall, one landscaper said his crews used them during the whole prohibition period. “We just ignore it ...

NORWALK — An ordinance banning gas-powered leaf blowers and restricting use of all leaf blowers heads to a public hearing on Tuesday. If passed would prohibit the use of all internal combustion leaf ...

GREENWICH — Residents were burning up the Greenwich police phone lines in May, calling about alleged violations of the town's new leaf blower restrictions, but the fervor died down through the rest of ...

Los Altos became the first to oust the noisy power tools in 1991 – a policy sparked by noise complaints that was duplicated ...

Greenport officials are considering updates to the village's noise ordinance to limit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers, but some residents say the proposal doesn’t go far enough and are calling for ...

A leaf blower can ease the job of moving leaves and twigs from your yard, or even quickly dust off sandy decks in summer or clear powdery snow in winter. Stronger leaf blowers can be a tool of choice ...

Leaf blowers can be powered by a cord, a battery or gas. Leaf blower nozzles are typically round or flat. Round nozzles let more air through at once, making them forceful enough to push soggy leaves ...