American Lawn Care Is Going Electric

American Lawn Care Is Going Electric

For generations of Americans, the soundtrack to spring weekends has been a rise in bird song and the loud, constant “virrrrrr” of neighbors cutting their growing grass. But the gas lawn mowers, leaf blowers and weed eaters that have been used for over a century to keep lawns manicured are not only noisy — in the past few years, researchers have discovered that they also pose an outsized risk to the environment and to human health.  In response, …