Real "tree-huggers"

[NewsWhore]

A small group of protesters lined parts of a major thoroughfare and tied themselves to trees in protest against Santo Domingo Mayor Salcedo's plan to replant different species of trees all over the city. According to Diario Libre, Mayor Salcedo said that the protestors were motivated by politics and not by ecological concerns. The Mayor pointed out that in 2005 the city had invested two years' worth of public hearings and consultations on the city's Strategic Plan. The Mayor also denied that he was running away from a meeting with members of the citizens group Santo Domingo Somos Todos. One of the major complaints of those who protest the city government tree selection is that shade trees are being replaced by trees, such as the palm trees, that while beautiful will only contribute to increase the heat in the city, a major concern in these days of global warming.

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