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Article: Going green can save you some green: Discounts offered for replacing gas mowers with electric ones.
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- Record (Stockton, CA)
- Article date:
- April 10, 2007
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Byline: Alex Breitler
Apr. 10--Sure, your lawn is green. How about your lawn mower?
Air quality officials this spring will try to cut the number of gas lawn mowers, blamed for emitting tons of air pollutants. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will offer up to 1,000 electric mowers at a discount for those willing to turn in their old gas machines. Cutting your lawn with an older gas mower might generate as much pollution as driving your car to Sacramento and back, air quality officials say. Lawn mowers are a source of nitrogen oxide, a major component of smog. "People don't think about it, but it's very significant," ...