This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. For more than 100 million years, trees have dropped their leaves every fall, creating a protective layer of ...

Of all the world’s intolerable noises, none can match the shriek of a gas-powered leaf blower — the unholy contraption that interrupts autumn with its daylong caterwaul. Even from two blocks away, ...

The American Green Zone Alliance noted in a recent statement that “heavy-handed bans on gas-powered leaf blowers can ...

If you live in Oregon and log onto Craigslist these days, you'll see that the platform has suddenly been flooded with users ...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Town Board members are considering changes to a noise law dealing with gas-powered leaf blowers. Resident Rudy McEntire during a meeting Tuesday asked for the changes and suggested ...

ALTADENA, Calif. — With the Omicron variant of the coronavirus still circulating, six friends gathered last Saturday for an outdoor brunch on the patio of a house in Los Angeles County. But as the ...

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. - A Long Island woman claims her complaints of loud noise and pollution are being ignored by her town. She tells CBS2's Jennifer McLogan that commercial landscapers are disturbing the ...

Is there anything to be done about the daily cacophony of leaf blowers? Their chain saw-like roaring mars Portland’s picturesque neighborhoods. Also, why do the operators insist on constantly revving ...