Tag: Lawnmowers
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Colorado bans gas-powered lawn equipment. Here’s what you need to know.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What is the current ban? The state mandate that bans the use of gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment took effect June 1 of this year. It applies to state-owned equipment of 25 horsepower or less, and to federal and local governments, including special districts, using…
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Ban on use of gas-powered lawn equipment went into effect June 1
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Using gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment during the summer is now banned in the Denver Metro/North Front Range Ozone Nonattainment Area, but only for government entities — for now. The Regional Air Quality Control Commission enacted a rule in 2024 banning the use of small…
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Electric lawn-mowing robot startup in Longmont doubles in size
Scythe Robotics more than doubled in size with the opening of a 28,000-square-foot facility in Longmont, the company announced Thursday. The Boulder County company manufactures autonomous electric lawn mowers and has seen high demand for its grass-cutting robots. There’s a waitlist for “thousands” of orders from landscape contractors, the company said. The new facility opened…
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Gas-powered lawn, garden equipment on Colorado’s air pollution chopping block
Colorado’s air quality regulator is considering a new rule that seeks to curb emissions from gas-powered lawn and garden equipment and prohibit their use by government entities — or their contractors — for three months of the year. The prohibition’s timing is meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the ozone season in the Denver Metro and…