Scottish Govt Axes 16 Million Trees To Clear Way For 'Greener' Solutions Scottish Govt Axes 16 Million Trees To Clear Way For ‘Greener’ Solutions Authored by Olivia Murray via AmericanThinker.com, Stupidity is increasingly state-sanctioned… Since 2000, the Scottish government has felled around 1,700 trees on a daily basis, all to make way for “green” initiatives. …