Turf & Rec

News Earth Week Eco-Friendly Equipment
Petition circulated in Calgary in hopes city will ban gas-powered leaf blowers

Noise levels have become serious issue

April 19, 2022  By Turf & Rec



About 700 Calgary residents have signed a petition in hopes the city will ban gas-powered leaf blowers to reduce emissions and noise levels. Project Calgary, which launched the petition, says noise levels have become a serious issue since more people are working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other large Canadian cities, including Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa have also addressed the same issue in recent months.

READ MORE

This article is part of the Earth Week.

Print this page

Advertisement

Stories continue below