OPEI issues statement on Bloomberg Business Week story

摘要

In response to the October 10 Bloomberg Business Week story, "Grass Warfare in L.A.: Some well-intentioned Angelenos traded grass for gravel on their front lawns. It got ugly." (www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-turf-terminators-grass-war/), Kris Kiser, president and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), issued the following statement the next day: It is unfortunate that so much damage was done to lawns throughout Los Angeles by Turf Terminators, a short-lived company that destroyed 12,000 lawns and removed 16 million square feet of grass. While Turf Terminators collected government-funded lawn-removal rebates on behalf of its customers, irreparable damage was done to California's living landscape and all the environmental benefits they provide. By tearing up living yards - the greatest carbon sinks California had - the state now has increased heat, poorer air quality, and dead and dying trees. And habitat for our pollinators like bees, butterflies and hummingbirds? Eviscerated.