Officials enact sweeping ban on common yard maintenance practice — and violators could be hit with hefty fines

Officials enact sweeping ban on common yard maintenance practice — and violators could be hit with hefty fines

A town in Massachusetts is entering the next stage of banning a particularly harmful form of yard equipment, which could be a positive step in the fight against our changing climate.  According to YourArlington, Arlington, Massachusetts, enacted a permanent ban — effective March 15 — on the commercial use of gas-powered leaf blowers. It is the second stage of a plan approved in 2022 to fully ban gas-powered blowers in the town.  The first stage,…