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riversedge

(69,727 posts)
Mon May 23, 2016, 11:01 AM May 2016

Trump acknowledges climate change — at his golf course

Source: Politico







The billionaire, who called global warming a hoax, warns of its dire effects in his company's application to build a sea wall.

By Ben Schreckinger

05/23/16 05:35 AM EDT




A permit application for a sea wall around one of Donald Trump's golf courses explicitly names global warming as a reason to build the wall. | AP Photo


Donald Trump says he is “not a big believer in global warming.” He has called it “a total hoax,” “bullshit” and “pseudoscience.”

But he is also trying to build a sea wall designed to protect one of his golf courses from “global warming and its effects.”

The New York billionaire is applying for permission to erect a coastal protection works to prevent erosion at his seaside golf resort, Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland, in County Clare.

A permit application for the wall, filed by Trump International Golf Links Ireland and reviewed by POLITICO, explicitly cites global warming and its consequences — increased erosion due to rising sea levels and extreme weather this century — as a chief justification for building the structure.

The zoning application raises further questions about how the billionaire developer would confront a risk he has publicly minimized but that has been identified as a defining challenge of this era by world leaders, global industry and the American military. His public disavowal of climate science at the same time he moves to secure his own holdings against the effects of climate change also illustrates the conflict between his political rhetoric and the realities of running a business with seaside assets in the 21st century...........................

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-climate-change-golf-course-223436#ixzz49UVZChN4

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-climate-change-golf-course-223436



Dipstix Donny lies again.
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tclambert

(11,080 posts)
13. Won't work in Florida. The bedrock is porous. Seawater will percolate up from below.
Mon May 23, 2016, 01:16 PM
May 2016

Won't erode exactly, just flood as sea level rises above the land level.

forest444

(5,902 posts)
16. But dooooon't say in that in the great state of Florida.
Mon May 23, 2016, 03:14 PM
May 2016

Governor Medicare Fraud made it illegal to discuss global warming there, don't you know.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
2. If we get enough of his voters to wake up to how fake he is
Mon May 23, 2016, 11:07 AM
May 2016

that just might destroy their party for good.

We're going to have multiple supreme court justices and important legislation on the line here.

Overseas

(12,121 posts)
5. K&R. Disgusting that he has flipped into denial for his campaign.
Mon May 23, 2016, 11:16 AM
May 2016

But not a surprise given his new stance on Gun Free Zones.

colorado_ufo

(5,717 posts)
10. Speechless.
Mon May 23, 2016, 12:25 PM
May 2016

It not only walks, but it has fingers and toes! Its eyes are positioned at the front of its head, rather than at the sides, like most fish. The gills are outside, resembling ears. It shows intelligent curiosity and caution.

I need to read more on this little guy! What is its background, its relatives?

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truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
11. Exactly the same way he's against gun-free zones
Mon May 23, 2016, 12:52 PM
May 2016

But his hotel properties are all gun-free zones. Just call them and ask.

rladdi

(581 posts)
15. Its amazing how the Republicans can use situations for their own means and profits. In Miami,
Mon May 23, 2016, 01:49 PM
May 2016

with streets flooding often, they were resurfaced and raised, water pumps installed and the GOP politicians continue to deny their is an issue or problem with flooding.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
17. Kick!
Mon May 23, 2016, 05:50 PM
May 2016

Has there ever been a bigger asshole running as a major political party's presidential candidate?

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