Hear that? It's the sound of leaf blower bans.
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Toronto looking to ban gas-powered leaf blowers to reduce noise and air pollution
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Leaf Blower News from California and Some Lawn-Bashing in the NYTimes - GardenRant
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It's D.C.'s final autumn with the grating symphony of gas-powered leaf blowers : NPR
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Blowback The New Yorker
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Impacts of Leaf Blowers - Santa Cruz C.H.A.S.E.
More than 100 cities have banned gas leaf blowers. Will Portland be next?
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Lafayette Ponders Leaf Blower Ban
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Georgia State Senate: Prohibiting Leaf Blower Bans - Noise Free America: A Coalition to Promote Quiet
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The Growing Movement to Ban Leaf Blowers - Earth911
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Leaf blowers disturbing your peace? You've got company – and now, reason for hope - Virginia Mercury
Birmingham's Forest Park is the latest beachhead in the cold war over gas leaf blowers
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Noisy leaf blowers disturb peace and everyone within earshot
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City Council to Consider Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban, The South Pasadenan