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Why Lawns are Passé
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Starting next y
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weed trimmers, as well as boats
and other watercraft, must clean
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small, spark-ignition engines take
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effect with 2010 models. They’ll now
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have catalytic converters, like those
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as 34 cars. The move, “will allow
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Americans to cut air pollution, as
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well as grass,” quips EPA administra-
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By 2030, the improvement will
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cut 15 percent of the nation’s annual
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hydrocarbon pollution load, includ-
ing 600,000 tons of hydrocarbons,
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130,000 tons of nitrogen oxide, 1.5
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million tons of carbon monoxide
and 5,500 tons of fine particulates.
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vehicles on the road, notes the
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Agencies. This means less summer-
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tions in respiratory illness, hospital-
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izations, lost workdays and deaths.
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NASA researchers estimate that,
despite widespread water shortages,
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chemical fertilizer pollution and
injuries from mowers, Americans
still cling to 50,000 square miles of
lawns. “[Lawns] could be considered
the single largest irrigated crop in
America, in terms of surface area,”
they report, consuming a third of all
residential water use. Plus, lawns
receive more pesticide and herbicide
application than any other U.S. crop.
They advise that just leaving clip-
pings on the grass could nearly halve
the current volume of synthetic
nitrogen fertilizer used.
Secondary Source: Environmental
Defense Fund
Westchester/Putnam Counties
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