Gas-powered lawnmowers and leaf blowers generate thousands of tons of pollutants each year in Dallas County, which is among the nation’s worst offenders,...
The study’s authors urged a move to electric-powered lawn equipment, which they touted as cleaner, quieter and more affordable in the long run.
A yard worker cleared leaves from the street in front of an East Dallas property in 2021. Gas-powered lawnmowers, leaf blowers and other lawn equipment generate thousands of tons of pollutants each year in Dallas County, which is among the nation’s worst offenders, says a new study.
Houston saw some of the highest emissions in the U.S. Harris County ranked first in the U.S. for particle pollution, at 358 tons, equivalent to 3.8 million cars.In North Texas, Tarrant County ranked 20th in the U.S., with 120 tons or the equivalent of 1.2 million cars; Collin County ranked 35th with 98 tons, or roughly 1 million cars.
Gas-powered lawn equipment also generated vast amounts of nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds, with Dallas County emitting the sixth-highest totals of both. When combined with sunlight, the two chemicals combine to form ground ozone, the main ingredient in smog. Dallas County’s lawn equipment emitted the ninth-highest total of carbon dioxide, the leading cause of climate change.
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