Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed plans to place a one-year moratorium on efforts by local municipalities to regulate the use of gas powered leaf blowers. He also canceled $100,000 in state funding to conduct a cost analysis of both gas and electric leaf blowers.
The veto allows City of Miami officials to consider a proposal introduced by its Climate Resilience Committee to phase out gas-powered blowers citywide as a measure to reduce climate emissions. In May the Miami City Commission deferred action on the proposal, citing uncertainty over the state’s proposed moratorium on such laws.
The Climate Resilience Committee, an advisory body charged with drafting policies in support of the city’s 2021 pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, will take up the issue at its next meeting, on July 15.
