This will be weaponized by NIMBYs to further limit construction of housing and infrastructure, leading to a situation in which trees have more human rights than people.
This is like saying guns will be weaponized. The entire point of this is to be a NIMBY weapon.
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It already says in the article they won’t be building anymore housing because they are forbidding cutting down trees to clear land to build, and they’re already out of open lots to build on.
This is 100% NIMBYs finding new ways to protect their property values.