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City-wide rule which forbids using noisy polluting ones?

• duped 3y ago
  Good luck enforcing it
  • toomuchtodo 3y ago
    California's ban starts January 1st, 2024. A handful of US communities (~150 as of this comment) have also instituted bans. This will drive a shift to electric blowers, and the existing combustion population will eventually age out. You don't have to ban existing units, you target the supply chain. There are no antique gas lawn blowers that will be tenderly loved and cared for as they age, they'll be thrown out and replaced with electric. California: https://www.sacbee.com/news/environment/article277979858.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/environment/article277979858.htm... Washington DC: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/gas-leaf-blowers-banned-washington-dc https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/gas-leaf-blo... Miami Beach/South Miami: https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2023/08/01/leaf-blower-ban-miamibeach-southmiami-gas-powered https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2023/08/01/leaf-blower-ban... Evanston, IL: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/02/city/evanston-bans-gas-and-propane-powered-leaf-blowers/ https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/04/02/city/evanston-bans-... Oak Park, IL: https://www.oakpark.com/2023/03/14/oak-park-bans-gas-powered-leaf-blowers/ https://www.oakpark.com/2023/03/14/oak-park-bans-gas-powered...
  • cafard 3y ago
    DC's rule is more or less honored. Maybe one of ten crews will still use a gas-powered leaf blower.
  • connicpu 3y ago
    Let neighbors record and turn in the evidence for a bounty, it'll be solved in a few weeks
• kccqzy 3y ago
  Yup. DC managed to do it. https://dlcp.dc.gov/page/leaf-blower-regulations https://dlcp.dc.gov/page/leaf-blower-regulations