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California OKs phaseout of gas-powered landscaping machinery
SACRAMENTO — California regulators voted on Thursday to ban the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers starting in 2024 and portable generators by 2028, the latest step in the state’s aggressive effort to reduce harmful pollutants and transition toward a carbon-free economy. The new regulations by the California Air Resources Board require all newly sold small-motor equipment primarily used for landscaping to be zero-emission by the target dates, with some exceptions. The agency’s decision is based in part on the belief that battery technology will improve and zero-emission gear will become more widely available before the requirements kick in — though there will be an annual review to…
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Gardeners say California’s subsidy to phase out gas-powered tools won’t cut it
Though Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning the sale of most new gas powered tools by 2024, gardeners and landscapers say a $30 million state subsidy isn’t nearly enough to help small operators make the switch to electric. The state agency responsible for administering the subsidy estimates it has only enough to give each self-employed gardener a 50{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48} coupon for one tool, far from the truckload of leaf blowers, lawn mowers, small chainsaws, brushcutters and trimmers most haul around. In fact, local governments have learned they need to offer more. In Southern California, a regional air quality district that has been running a similar incentive program since 2017 saw…
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It’s Time To Ban Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment
Landscaping products will be electric powered in California shortly, as a new invoice moves to ban gasoline-run garden tools in the condition — including garden mowers and leaf blowers — in an effort and hard work to restrict air pollution. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed a monthly bill on Saturday that will halt income of fuel-driven products with tiny off-street engines by January 1, 2024. That prohibition could also arrive faster, if the California Air Means Board (CARB) states these types of a legislation is “feasible.” It’s not only landscaping tools that is part of the law. Transportable gas-driven turbines will will need to be zero-emission by 2028, in accordance…
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