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That green lawn may not be so green: Gas-powered mowers are heavy polluters
Adrienne Washington Cronkite News//November 1, 2023//[read_meter]
A new study found that gas-powered lawn equipment, like lawnmowers and leaf blowers, added hundreds of thousands of tons of pollutants to Arizona’s air in 2020, and called for a shift to electric gear. In this 2009 photo, sailors volunteer to mow the lawn at the Guam Department of Youth Affairs.(Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corwin Colbert/U.S. Navy)
That green lawn may not be so green: Gas-powered mowers are heavy polluters
Adrienne Washington Cronkite News//November 1, 2023//[read_meter]
Gas-powered lawn equipment in Arizona emitted 445,908 tons of carbon dioxide in 2020, the polluting equivalent of putting 98,162 cars on the road, a new report says. The report released...
