An Irish golf course owned by Donald Trump, a climate change denier, puts in a planning application for a sea wall to protect against coastal erosion, citing changing weather as the reason.
The presumptive GOP nominee’s Irish holding company TIGL Ireland Enterprises submitted the application earlier this month to build a £7.6 million ($11.2 million) rock barrier, saying that storms had swept away sand dunes.
“The evidence for increased storm activity associated with climate change suggests that the erosion will accelerate,” reads the application by Doonbeg golf course in western Ireland, obtained today by AFP.
The proposed sea barrier would be 2.8 kilometres (1.7 miles) long and three to four meters high. A decision on the application is expected by July 6.
Trump has made no secret of his views, telling CNN last year: “I’m not a believer in climate change.”
— AFP
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