Subscribe to  The Daily Difference
Sign up today
The Carbon Almanac
  • Home
  • The Book
    • Book
    • Resources
    • Footnotes
    • Updates
  • Extras
    • Kids
    • Photo Book
    • Podcasts
    • The Daily Difference
    • Educator's Guide
    • Connect the Dots
  • Switch your search
  • Press
  • Contact
Order Now
Back to footnotes

Footnote 034 / The Climate Cost of Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers

  • Alex Birkett. “Lawn Care Around The World”. Lawnstarter, 26 Dec. 2016, https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/lawn-care-industry/lawn-care-around-world/.
  • Christensen, Anders, et al. “Measurement of Regulated and Unregulated Exhaust Emissions from a Lawn Mower with and without an Oxidizing Catalyst:  A Comparison of Two Different Fuels”. Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 35, no. 11, June 2001, pp. 2166–70. ACS Publications, https://doi.org/10.1021/es0002565.
  • Clara Steyer. “Electric or Gas Leaf Blowers…Neither?”. Washington University in St. Louis Office of Sustainability, 17 Nov. 2020, https://sustainability.wustl.edu/rethinking-lawn-equipment-2/.
  • Milesi, Cristina, et al. “Mapping and Modeling the Biogeochemical Cycling of Turf Grasses in the United States”. Environmental Management, vol. 36, no. 3, Sept. 2005, pp. 426–38, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-004-0316-2.
  • Palmer, Brian. “How Bad for the Environment Are Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers?”. Washington Post, 16 Sept. 2013. www.washingtonpost.com, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-bad-for-the-environment-are-gas-powered-leaf-blowers/2013/09/16/8eed7b9a-18bb-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html.
  • Sara Peach. “’Are Leaf Blowers Bad for Us?’ » Yale Climate Connections”. Yale Climate Connections, 22 Jan. 2021, http://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/01/are-leaf-blowers-bad-for-us/.
Did you find an error in the book or a bug on the website? Use the link below to report it to us.
Link to Feedback Form →
Book
whoSwitch your search
footnotesResourcesContact
The Carbon Almanac
#factsconnectionaction
playlinkedin-squareangle-downchevron-downarrow-right