A daytime walk through a suburban neighborhood can be quite the sensory experience: the melody of songbirds and the high-pitched noise of the string trimmer; the clear blue skies and the oily blue ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is excited to announce the third ...

Along the Gulf Coast, recovery from Hurricane Katrina continues more than two years after the storm came ashore. As the communities damaged by the storm recover, there is much to rebuild, from homes ...

Landscaping has become a major industry segment in the construction market. High-end homes and developments, upscale shopping centers, hotels, and resort areas all demand landscaping. In addition, ...

One of my most tedious landscaping tasks is removing those droopy palm tree branches. It takes climbing a ladder propped against a tree and using my smaller corded chain saw to reach up and hack away ...

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is restarting the Landscape Equipment Electrification Fund (LEEF) program that will allocate $300,000 to businesses, public agencies, ...

Boulder is unlikely to see new regulations on gas-powered landscape equipment in the immediate future. The City Council took up a discussion on Thursday night about whether to pursue regulating ...

Gas-powered lawn equipment could be banned in the state of California as state regulators look at ways to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. Numerous cities in the state already have bans in ...

LOUISVILLE , July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Attendees of Equip Exposition will find this year that the more-than-a-million-square-feet of exhibit space and 30-acre Outdoor Demo Yard will be loaded with ...

The event is co-hosted with Allan Hancock College, Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition (C5), Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and Central Coast Community Energy (3CE). Users of off-road ...