California's landscaping equipment will soon be electric, as a new bill seeks to outlaw gas-powered lawn equipment, such as lawnmowers and leaf blowers, to reduce pollution.
On Saturday, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed a measure prohibiting the sale of gas-powered off-road equipment with tiny engines until January 1, 2024. However, if the California Air Resources Board (CARB) thinks such a rule is "feasible," it may happen sooner.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Assemblyman Marc Berman (D), the bill's sponsor, "it's remarkable how people respond when they discover how much this equipment pollutes, and how much smog-forming and climate-changing pollutants little off-road motor equipment generates."
"This is a rather basic approach to limiting the huge volumes of pollution that this equipment generates, much alone the health implications for the employees who use it regularly."
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