Photo credit: Dean Hochman licensed under CC BY 2.0
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition
Some years ago Quiet Communities was contacted by Quiet Clean DC, a group trying to pass a law banning gas-powered leaf blowers in the nation’s capital. Members of The Quiet Coalition, including Jamie Banks from Quiet Communities and me, gave testimony or submitted statements in support of the proposed legislation.
It passed the City Council and, after the required waiting period for congressional action (because laws passed by the City Council in Washington, D.C. require congressional assent), it recently became law.
Congratulations to Quiet Clean DC on this important victory. If our nation’s capital can become a cleaner and quieter city, your city can do so, too.
