Critics say that gas-powered leaf blowers are noisy and bad for the environment, and want them banned in Montgomery County.

D.C.’s ban on gas-powered leaf blowers can’t come soon enough for some residents

If the mayor signs the ban, D.C. will join more than 170 jurisdictions in 31 states that regulate gas-powered leaf blowers.

The bill would prohibit the use or sale of gas-powered blowers by 2022.

Tom Cohen says a D.C. group’s efforts to ban the machines “struck a nerve with me.”

A Cleveland Park resident has identified the latest pestilence he would like to see the D.C. Council confront: gasoline-powered leaf blowers.