EPA Offers Plan to Alter Mower Emissions

April 18, 2007 By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Those polluting engine-powered mowers that are a staple of suburban lawn care would become much cleaner under emission limits proposed Tuesday.

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