Environmental Protest Round Up: 15 May 2009

Kay Sexton — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:36:02 +0000

What makes a protest worthwhile? Does it have to change policy, or achieve the reversal of a specific decision? Recent protests in the environmental arena seem to have educative as well as practical purposes.

Scotland Permits Donald Trump to Build Resort on Protected Land

Alex Felsinger — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:06:20 +0000

Despite pleas from environmentalists and wildlife groups, the Scottish government has approved Donald Trump’s plans for a $1.5 billion golf resort along the Aberdeenshire coastline, an area previously designated as a ‘Site of Special Scientific Interest.’

The government defends the decision by pointing to the hundreds of jobs the 2,000-acre facility will create amid a damaged economy. The facility is expected to generate $100 million annually for the Aberdeenshire community.

The government has essentially given Trump free reign to do what he’d like with the land with little-to-no environmental supervision. Wildlife groups had hoped to form a compromise, but instead, Trump’s development will not be required take the wildlife habitat into account whatsoever.

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Environmental Protest Round Up: 15 May 2009

Scotland Permits Donald Trump to Build Resort on Protected Land