Lauren Lantry, lauren.lantry@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Associated Press reported that Donald Trump doesn’t believe the multi-agency assessment his own government released that details the catastrophic impacts of climate change on our economy, health, and way of life. In 2017, Trump’s golf course in Scotland was granted permits to build two sea walls to protect the course from rising sea levels due to climate disruption.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
"We cannot afford a leader who sticks his head in the sand while people suffer the consequences. The climate assessment, put forth by Donald Trump’s own administration, makes it clearer than ever that if we don’t act now, the catastrophic effects of climate change will reshape the United States and the world to the detriment of those alive today, and for generations to come.
“Trump is ignoring the alarm bells to protect our country from climate change, yet at the same time he is building seawalls in Scotland to protect his golf course from the rising sea. Trump clearly understands the economic threat of climate disruption, at least as when it comes to his pocketbook, but he just doesn’t care enough to protect the American people. Trump needs to pull his head out of his sand trap right now because the climate won’t give us a mulligan.”
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