Endangered Snail Defeats Trump's Wall in Ireland...
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Donald Trump's plan to build huge wall at Irish golf course scrapped amid concern for rare snail
Trump International Golf Links and Hotel withdraws proposal for two-mile sea defence in Doonbeg
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Wednesday 7 December 201623 comments
The US President-elect’s company had sought permission to build a 200,000 tonne sea defence stretching two miles along dunes at the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Ireland in Doonbeg.
His representatives argued the barrier was needed to stop erosion along the sand dunes at Doughmore beach but Clare County Council revealed the plans had been withdrawn on Monday.
Mr Trump has hinted that he does not believe in man-made climate change, tweeting that the “concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese” in 2012, but the application cited global warming and rising sea levels to justify the wall.
Environmentalists said the development could endanger the tiny narrow-mouthed whorl snail, or Vertigo angustior, which has survived since the Ice Age but is now classified as “near threatened” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Save the Waves, an environmental campaign group that sponsored a petition opposing the original plan, hailed the shelving of the proposal as a key milestone.
“Construction of this seawall will destroy the sand dune habitat, restrict public access to the beach, negatively impact the quality of the surfing waves, and ultimately result in beach loss,” said the “Stop Trump’s Irish Wall” petition, which garnered more than 100,000 signatures.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/donald-trump-build-wall-ireland-golf-course-links-doonbeg-county-clare-plans-withdrawn-sand-dunes-a7460381.html
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