Hundreds of communities around the country will share more than $1 billion in federal money to help them plant and maintain trees under a federal program that is intended to reduce extreme heat, benefit health and improve access to nature.
Because it shows how not solving one problem (high cost housing and the resulting homelessness) results in more problems (trees getting cut down to make it someone else’s problem)
In 2021, the QT gas stations around my city literally cut down every tree on the property so the transients wouldn’t have shade.
I don’t know why I felt the need to mention this.
Because this is the vibe in the US. Only non-solutions are allowed. Don’t get down or you will be kicked. No get up, only kick.
Because it shows how not solving one problem (high cost housing and the resulting homelessness) results in more problems (trees getting cut down to make it someone else’s problem)