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.
forest444
(5,902 posts)tclambert
(11,080 posts)Won't erode exactly, just flood as sea level rises above the land level.
forest444
(5,902 posts)Governor Medicare Fraud made it illegal to discuss global warming there, don't you know.
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)that just might destroy their party for good.
We're going to have multiple supreme court justices and important legislation on the line here.
underpants
(182,279 posts)Screen doors to keep the fish out
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)riversedge
(69,727 posts)Overseas
(12,121 posts)But not a surprise given his new stance on Gun Free Zones.
riversedge
(69,727 posts)underpants
(182,279 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)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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colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)Still amazes me.
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niyad
(112,435 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,113 posts)But his hotel properties are all gun-free zones. Just call them and ask.
0rganism
(23,856 posts)that guy makes me so mad
rladdi
(581 posts)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)Has there ever been a bigger asshole running as a major political party's presidential candidate?