For years, the Enviros were hammering us to use atrificial trees-—to cut down on the landfill impact of discarded trees.
Now they want to tax Christmas trees-—
Make Up Your Minds!!!!
That was before their buddies opened "green-friendly" businesses dedicated to recycling those trees! /s
Seriously though, the enviros aren't the ones pushing this; the industry is/was. Heck, I wouldn't really be surprised to hear that the treehuggers are pleased as punch to see this proposal squashed.