Electrifying: Facilitating the Transition To Electric Lawn and Garden Equipment

Article Written By: Bryan Hull and Ryan Murphy

As the automobiles on America’s roads have grown more environmentally friendly in recent decades, a different fleet of emitters has continued to lurk in the nation’s garages and backyards. Small gas-powered lawn and garden equipment products (“LGE”) emit pollutants at levels exceeding those of cars and trucks. In this Article Bryan Hull and Ryan Murphy examine how policy deficiencies have slowed progress toward electrification and decarbonization within the LGE industry in recent decades and identifies specific federal, state, and local policies capable of addressing these shortcomings.

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