Press Releases
2023
- Earth Day: Please Submit a Letter to the Editor About Noise Pollution
- Georgia State Senate: Prohibiting Leaf Blower Bans
- Brigade Electronics and ECCO: Promoting Quieter Back-up Alarms
- Perinton, New York: Where’s the Noise Ordinance?
2022
- New York City: Noisy Helicopter Hell
- NFA Launches E-Mail Campaign to Restore the Federal Noise Pollution Control Office
- Las Piedras, Puerto Rico: Noisy Pharmaceutical Factory
- Anti-Noise Documentary, “The Quietest Year,” Wins Healthy Soundscape Award
- California State Legislators: Kudos for Passing Bill to Phase Out Gas-Powered Lawn Equipment
- Representative Don Beyer Wins “Healthy Soundscape” Award for “Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act”
- New Hampshire: Protecting Motorcycle Noise
- Include Noise Pollution in Climate Change Legislation
- Utah Harley Dealerships Charged With Illegal Motorcycle Tampering
- Submit a Letter to the Editor About Earth Day and Noise Pollution
- Reinstate the Federal Noise Pollution Control Office!
- Knoxville, Tennessee Wins Healthy Soundscape Award for Installing Noise-Monitoring Camera Downtown
- New York State Passes SLEEP Act to Reduce Motor Vehicle Noise
2021
- Noise Free America Issues a Manual, “Home, Sweet Home: Tips for Finding a Quiet Place to Live”
- Noise Free America Issues Revised Anti-Noise Manual
- Restoring the Federal Noise Pollution Control Office
- Wadsworth, Illinois: Unregulated Construction Noise
- Pflugerville/Austin, Texas: A Cesspool of Auditory Chaos
- Glendora, California: Sonic Assault
- West Chester, Pennsylvania Wins Award for Addressing Noise
- Motor Vehicle Noise: What To Do, by Larry Deal
- Earth Day and Noise Pollution: Submit a Letter to the Editor
- Young Activists Oppose Noisy Leaf Blowers, Win “Healthy Soundscape” Award
- Addressing Dog Barking
- Actions for a Quieter New Year
2020
- Noise from Back-Up Beepers: There are Quieter Alternatives
- Be an Ambassador for Peace and Quiet
- Noise Free America Director on California Radio Station
- Myrtle Beach Bike Week: “The Noise Ordinance is Still in Effect”
- Erie Insurance Company: Promoting Loud Motorcycles
- Portland, Oregon: New Modera Buckman Apartments–Cause for Alarm
- Brewer, Maine: Herds of Harleys Roaring By At All Hours
- May is “Motorcycle Noise Awareness Month”
- Leaf Blowers and the Pandemic
- Barcode Bar and Grill in Cincinnati: Thunderous Thoughtlessness
- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida: Keeping the Neighbors Awake at Night
- Guide to Modified Exhaust Systems
2019
- Portland, Oregon City Government: Replacing Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers
- Mike Edison: Filing Nuisance Lawsuits to Fight Noise
- Raleigh Little Theatre: “Sensory-Friendly Performances”
- Front Royal, Virginia Police Department: Raising Money Through Illegally Modified Motorcycles
- Sanger, Texas: Overrun with Modified Exhausts
- Contact Your Representative: Support H.R. 3001
- May is “Motorcycle Noise Awareness Month”
- San Luis Obispo: Paradise Lost
- Davenport, Iowa: World-Class Mechanical Flatulence
- Rinehart Racing and Vance & Hines: Committing Federal Crimes at Daytona Bike Week 2019
- Generac Power Systems: Dangerous, Low-Frequency, Unregulated Noise
- Washington, DC: Banning Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers
2018
- Trump administration: Allowing Harmful Seismic Blasts
- DC Metro Buses: “Your Commute May Have Just Gotten A Little Noisier”
- Hospital Noise: “The Most Cruel Absence of Care”
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Photo Radar-Style Noise Control
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Monitoring Loud Motorcycles
- Virginia Governor Northam: Signing Pro-Noise Legislation
- Target: Flipping on the Background Music
- Noise Free America Proclaims May as “Motorcycle Noise Awareness Month”
- Miami Beach Police: Cracking Down on Loud Car Stereos
- Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Sheriff’s Department: Taking Action Against Loud Vehicles and Motorcycles
- Congressman Tim Walberg: “Motorcycle Profiling Project”
- UPS: Non-Stop Noise in an Atlanta Neighborhood
2017
- Newark, Delaware Police Department: Failing To Enforce The State’s Muffler Law
- Noise Free America Publishes Book on Illegal Motorcycle Noise
- Ford Mustang Muscle Car: User-Adjustable Exhaust Noise
- Mood Media: Piped-in Noise
- Bowling Green, Kentucky: An Obnoxiously Loud Race Track
- Motorcycle Noise Awareness Month
- Newton, Massachusetts: Leaf Blower Restrictions
- Harley-Davidson: Turning Ryder, North Dakota Into Motorcycle Noise Hell
- Battle Creek, Michigan: Creating a Railroad “Quiet Zone”
- Maplewood, New Jersey: A Partial Summertime Leaf Blower Ban
- Raleigh, North Carolina: The City of Loud Exhausts
- Senator Richard Burr: Supporting the Illegal After-market Exhaust Industry
- Bikers for Trump: Illegally Roaring into Washington, D.C.
2016
- Hammacher Schlemmer: Encouraging Kids to Like Noisy Lawn Equipment
- Missouri Department of Transportation: “Long Range Acoustical Device”
- Weaverville, North Carolina Police Department: Ignoring Illegal Straight Pipes
- Appleton, Wisconsin: A License for Disruptive Noise
- Columbus, Ohio: Mega Noisemaking
- Central Pennsylvania: Look, Ma: No Mufflers!
- Target: Piercingly Loud Walkie-Talkies
- Motorcycle Riders Foundation: Seeking Special Protection for Noise Violators
- International Noise Awareness Day
- Italian Supreme Court: Banning Boom Cars
- SEMA: Opposing Vehicle Emission Control Tampering Regulations
- Fayetteville, Arkansas Police Chiefs: Failure to Enforce Anti-Noise Laws
2015
- College Park, Maryland: Leaf Blower Hell
- Palo Alto: Not Enforcing Leaf Blower Restrictions
- Huntington, New York: “We Will Not Be Getting Decibel Meters”
- Massachusetts Motorcycle Association: Promoting Unlawful and Irresponsible Noise
- Atlanta Falcons: Artificial Crowd Noise
- Farragut, Tennessee: Excessive Noise From Loud Custom Exhausts and Loud Car Stereos
- The Nature Conservancy: Getting Taken For a Ride
- Seagoville, Texas: Allowing Noise Terrorism
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania: “Thunder in the Valley”
- Fort Collins, Colorado: Medical Destruction from Constant Dog Barking
- West Houston Reguladores Motorcycle Club: Cops Making Illegal Motorcycle Noise
- Buffalo Bills: Attempting to Break a World Noise Record
2014
- Titusville, Florida: Extreme Noise From Race Car Man
- Home Depot: Stop Selling Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers
- Midwest Car Stereo Competition: Livin’ Loud
- Pharr, Texas: Costo Noise Nightmare
- Evanston, Illinois: Noise Spinning Out of Control
- Missoula Car Stereo Competition: Feel the Noise
- Pennsylvania Harley Owners Group Rally: “Hear the Thunder”
- Hot Springs Motorcycle Weekend: There May Be Noise All Night Long
- UPS: Delivering Noise to Your Neighborhood
- Hospital Noise: Making the Sick Even Sicker
- Gainesville, Florida: A Continuous Roar of Noise
- Chicago Helicopter Express: Sonic Assault on Chicago’s Near South Side
- Turbospoke: Making Bicycles Sound Like Motorcycles
2013
- National Football League: Setting Records for Extreme Noise
- Assault on the Battery: Noisy Helicopters and Ferry Horns in Lower Manhattan
- Crest Hill, Illinois: Constant Noise From Trucking Operations
- Harris County, Texas: Not Enforcing the Disorderly Conduct Statute
- Kenosha, Wisconsin: Thunder on the Harbor
- Geico Insurance: Promoting Loud Motorcycle Noise
- “Boom Box on a Bus”: Noise Pollution Disaster
- Florida State Senator Audrey Gibson: “I Like My Music Loud”
- DC Metro: Constant Audio Assault
- North Carolina State Legislature: Motorcycle “Freedom of Choice”
- Peace and Quiet in Brooklyn? Fuggedaboutit!!!
- The FAA: No Action on Helicopter Noise
2012
- Boom Car Noise: Murder is not the Solution
- Remote Keyless Entry Systems: Enough is Enough!
- Fayetteville, Arkansas: Bikes, Blues, and BBQ
- Frostburg, Maryland: Parades, Car Shows, and Unmuffled Motorcycles
- The Milwaukee Motorcycle Rally: The Midwest’s Largest Gathering of Illegal Motorcycle Noise
- Erie, Pennsylvania Noise Illegality: ‘Roar on the Shore’
- The Discovery Channel: A Mission to Restore the Roar
- Phoenix: Noise Assault Around the Clock
- Boise, Idaho: “Full of Noise, All the Time”
- Minnesota Speedway Park: Destroying Quality of Life
- Myron B. Pitts: Noise is NOT Part of a “Healthy Downtown”
- Roseville, Michigan: Booms in the Night, As Per Usual
2011
- Cal-OSHA: Requiring Nonsensical Beep! Beep! Beep!
- Florida Gun Laws: Allowing Whizzing Bullets
- Thunder in the Rockies: Four Days of Non-Stop Noise
- Yosemite National Park: A Nightmare of Noise
- Motorcycle Noise Maker Bicycle Horn: Introducing the Noise-Making Lifestyle
- Pennsylvania General Assembly: Honoring Harley Terrorism
- Flint, Michigan: A Boom Car Problem of Epidemic Proportions
- Deming, New Mexico: “An Army of Model Airplanes Directly Behind Our Property!”
- Hawaii State Legislature: Caving to Boom Car Industry Pressure
- Hanover, Pennsylvania: Acoustical Assaults on Autistic Children and Adults
- Sedgwick County: There’s No Quiet in Kansas Anymore
2010
- Salvation Army Bell Ringers: From Jingle Bells to Gongs!
- Roseville, Michigan: Ban Boom Cars
- Cumberland Valley Transmissions: Inflicting Noise on a Sick Baby
- US Environmental Protection Agency: Not Enforcing Noise Laws
- Governor Mike Rounds: Celebrating Sturgis Motorcycle Illegality
- Royal Oak, Michigan: Cranking Up the Volume
- Florida Marlins: Vuvuzela Noise Hell
- St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin: Blessing Obnoxious Noise
- Virginia General Assembly: Sanctioning Motorcycle Noise
- George Prochnik: Pro-Noise Journalist
- Suitmate: Annoying, Irritating, Useless Noise
- Darrell Issa: Hypocrite
2009
- Wisconsin State Legislature: Honoring Harley Terrorism
- National Rifle Association: Noisy Pastime
- Loud TV Commercials: Time to Calm Down
- Whirly-Wind Leaf Blowers: A New Generation of Noisemakers
- North Tonawanda: Motorcycle Morons
- Tampa: Ignoring the Noise Epidemic
- Assemblies of God, Appalachian District: Noise Terrorism
- Barona Indians: Killing Neighbors With Noise
- The Howler: An Added Layer of Noise
- Fairfax Patriot Harley Davidson: Anti-Social Merchant of Noise
- New York City Motorcycle Clubs: Blocking Noise Enforcement
- Boom Box in a Backback: Inflicting Your Noise on Everyone
2008
- Heartland America Catalog and Audio Terrorism: Not Exactly “Minnesota Nice”
- Joy Fellowship Church: Making a Very Unpleasant Noise
- Warren, Ohio: No Noise Enforcement
- Rural South Dakota: Constant Jake Brakes
- Henry County, Tennessee: Anything Goes
- Oakland Police Department: Roaring Into Illegality
- Stockton: Time to Lower the Boom
- Baldwyn, Mississippi: Dogs Barking Their Heads Off
- Sarasota, Florida ACLU: Defending Boom Car Thugs
- Kalamazoo, Michigan: Trivializing Noise Offenses
- The Rumbler: Cops in a Boom Car
- Christiansburg, Virginia: Earplugs Needed
2007
- Colonie, New York: Too Much Noise, Too Little Sleep
- Lakeland, Florida: Boom Car Thugs
- Garner, Texas: Noise 24/7
- Elkhart / South Bend: Drowning in a Sea of Noise
- Fireworks Industry: Off With a Bang
- Washington, DC: The Capital of Noise
- Warren, Ohio: One Giant Colony of Noise
- Alabama: Hot Rod Haven
- Madison: Boom Town
- Airport Terminals: ‘May I Have Your Attention, Please’
- Grocery Stores: ‘Clean-Up on Aisle Seven’
2006
- Pyramet: Turning Up the Volume
- Yellowstone: No Place for Snowmobiles
- Fido: The Neighborhood Nuisance
- America’s Schools: Neglecting Hearing Health
- Greensboro: No Peace and Quiet
- Youngstown, Ohio: Noise Hell Revisited
- Digital Music Industry: Rocking On to Deafness
- Harley-Davidson: Thundering into China
- Hornblasters: Civilization in Decline
- QVC, West Hempfield Township: Noise ‘Round the Clock’
- Federal Safety Office: Ignoring the Thunder
- All-Terrain Vehicles: Irritation in the Countryside
2005
- Muzak: Not Music to the Ears
- Nothing Makes Noise Like a Deere
- Ford Motor Company: Marketing Thuggery
- Motorcycles: Loud Pipes Blast Rights
- Indiana: Racing to Noise Madness
- Manchester: Sound Zero of Noise Pollution
- Pocket Bikes: The Latest Motorized Gizmos
- Louisville: Thundering Horses and Thundering Cars
- OSHA: Beep! Beep! Beep!
- The Speed Channel: Hypermasculinity in Motion
- St. Petersburg: Sandy Beaches, Noisy Streets
- UCLA: Loudest Campus in the Country
2004
- Congress Wins Noise Award
- The Movies: A Thunderous Experience
- Boom Car Ads: Promoting Mean Streets and Mean People
- Noisy Norwalk: Shock Around the Clock
- Boston: Bean Town Becomes Boom Town
- Northeast Los Angeles: The Louder the Better
- Burbank: Full of Boom Cars and Vroom Cars
- San Luis Obispo: Trouble in Paradise
- Houston, We Have A Problem
- Dollar General: Peddling Noise
- Pioneer Electronics: Promoting Violent Thuggery
2003
- SEMA Action Network: Slammin’ Virginia
- Pulaski, Virginia: The Blind Cannot Hear
- New Haven, Connecticut: Boom Haven
- Tommy Thompson: Secretary of Health and Harley Services
- Echo, Incorporated: Selling Leaf Blower Hell
- Savannah: Booms in the Night
- Hanover-McSherrystown: Boom Car Terrorism
- MTX and Alpine Audio: Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Darrell Issa: Boom Car Congressman
- South Lake Tahoe: Noise in Paradise
- Gray Davis: Hot Rod Hero
- Ventura’s Noisy Highway
2002
- Viper Car Alarms: Frantic Noisemakers
- Lee County, Florida: Addicted to Noise
- Flowmaster: Destroying America With Thunder
- Rochester Overrun by Boom Cars
- Massachusetts Licenses Noise Academy
- Car Alarms: A Public Nuisance
- Kokomo, Indiana: Noise City
- Lincoln, Nebraska: Boom Car Town
- Circuit City: High-Tech Noiseland
- Bloomington, Indiana: Noise ‘R’ Us
- Youngstown, Ohio: The Anguish of Noise
- Richmond, Virginia: Noise Nightmare