Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Americans are in love with — or, some might say, addicted to — their lawns. The neatly manicured, bright green plots of grass are ...

The humble leaf blower has become one of the most contested pieces of yard equipment in America. What was once a mundane suburban tool is now at the center of air quality battles, noise ordinances, ...

California is considering ending the sale of gas-powered garden equipment to reduce air pollution. (Dreamstime / TNS) Leave aside, for a moment, the usual complaints about leaf blowers and lawn mowers ...

In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of residents in the affluent New York City suburb of Westfield, N.J., discovered that being home all day had an unexpected drawback: the constant ...

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days are over, but discounts on leaf blowers, lawn mowers, rakes and trimmers are still available, just in time for leaf season. If your lawn tools are past their prime, now is ...

For Jared Anderman, of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, switching from gasoline-powered tools to electric ones for lawn care was a no-brainer. “I’m concerned about climate change and wanted tools that are ...

Brand new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers will soon become scarce in California. In October 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law banning the sale of gas-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers, ...

BALTIMORE — Lawn mowers and leaf blowers may help to keep our yards looking neatly manicured, but a new study found that they may be doing more harm than good for the environment. A study by the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Hundreds of thousands of products were recalled this week by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, including electric blower vacuums and lawn mowers. More than 800,000 ...