Trenton, NJ – As municipalities across New Jersey continue cleaning up from powerful summer storms that brought flash flooding, damaging winds and widespread tree damage, lawmakers are considering legislation that would phase out the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers. The bill, Senate Bill S-XXXX (bill number pending confirmation), was introduced on Jan. 13 by State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex/Somerset) and referred to the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee. With power outages across the state, it makes you wonder, how would you dig out of a natural disaster with electric tools if the power grid also goes down,…