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Quiet Clean Virginia
Coverage of Quiet Clean Virginia in the Nexus archive.
- Legislators didn’t allow local bans of gas-powered leaf blowers. Va. localities are doing it anyway.
Quiet Clean Virginia advocates for local bans on gas-powered leaf blowers in areas like Northern Virginia, citing pollution and noise concerns. Despite repeated legislative failures to grant localities explicit banning power, supporters argue that local governments retain sufficient authority under the Virginia Code to enact such ordinances themselves.