{"id":5455,"date":"2013-11-21T21:16:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T21:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=5455"},"modified":"2013-11-21T22:03:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T22:03:34","slug":"so-now-trump-wants-to-fire-clean-energy-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/11\/21\/so-now-trump-wants-to-fire-clean-energy-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"So Now Trump Wants to &#8220;Fire&#8221; Clean Energy in Scotland?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This commentary originally appeared on our<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/21\/so-now-trump-wants-fire-clean-energy-scotland\">\u00a0EDF Voices blog.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5456\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/11\/trump_main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5456 \" alt=\"DonkeyHotey\/flickr\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/11\/trump_main.jpg\" width=\"183\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/11\/trump_main.jpg 261w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/11\/trump_main-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DonkeyHotey\/flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s easy for Americans to laugh at Donald Trump when he goes off on a rant, like when he joined the birthers\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2012\/nov\/09\/donald-trump-twitter-rant\">during the last presidential election<\/a>. But when Trump starts picking fights with other countries, and wind energy, it\u2019s just embarrassing. As environmentalists and global citizens we feel the need to offer the world an apology for Trump\u2019s attempt to blackmail Scotland, as the country attempts to spur economic growth, cleaner air and a safer climate.<\/p>\n<p>Several years ago, the real estate tycoon took his personality parade to Scotland, where\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2007\/may\/20\/conservationandendangeredspecies.theobserversuknewspages\">he fought local environmentalists<\/a>\u00a0for approval to build a luxury golf resort on a pristine section of the nation\u2019s northeast coast.\u00a0 Now, because it will affect the view from his golf club, Trump\u2019s begun\u00a0 a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/news\/environment\/donald-trump-lawyers-to-launch-wind-farm-challenge-1-3184002\">fierce legal battle<\/a>\u00a0over Scotland\u2019s plans to install offshore wind turbines near his property.<\/p>\n<p>To fully appreciate Trump\u2019s hypocrisy, it\u2019s worth exploring some of the story\u2019s background.\u00a0 Back in 2007, when Trump sought approval for construction of the Trump International Golf Links, he promised more than 900 high-end condos, 500 luxury homes, a huge hotel and two 18-hole golf courses.\u00a0 The project, Trump said, would attract over a billion dollars of investment and generate more than 4,000 full time construction jobs and 1,200 full-time jobs.<!--more--><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the mega-plan was approved, over the objections of local residents and environmentalists. As Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond put it, &#8220;A thousand new homes and 6,000 jobs outweigh environmental concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, as E&amp;E News\u2019 Erica Rex recently reported, only one golf course, a temporary clubhouse, a restaurant and \u201ca handful\u201d of guest rooms have been built.\u00a0 The compound employs 200 people at most. All those new homes and thousands of jobs are nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Adding insult to injury, Trump is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/04\/24\/17896307-donald-trump-rebuked-over-advertisement-for-scottish-golf-course\">threatening to abandon<\/a>\u00a0the project \u00a0altogether if the country moves forward with its long-approved plans to install 11 offshore wind turbines \u2013 bringing \u00a0employment and clean energy to the area.\u00a0 And he has turned against his former ally, Salmond, who supports the wind turbine plans.<\/p>\n<p>At first, Trump, who dismissed the importance of protecting the Scottish environment when it came to building his resort, complained that the turbines were an eyesore. People willing to spend the money to stay at his (unbuilt) resort shouldn\u2019t have their view marred by such \u201cmonstrosities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This makes no sense. The turbines, each about 640-feet tall, would be about a mile-and-a-half from Trump&#8217;s resort and hardly visible (the turbine blades wouldn\u2019t be gold-plated and no one\u2019s name would be on the towers).<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s aesthetic objections had little impact, so now he has turned\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fuelfix.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/03\/trump-finds-new-adversary-in-wind-power\/?cmpid=eefl\">his assault to wind power as a technology<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 arguing that wind turbines are \u201ca disaster for the environment\u201d and that companies around the world are abandoning wind power as an energy resource.<\/p>\n<p>Both these allegations are blatantly false, of course. Wind power is a clean, renewable, homegrown form of energy that is good for people, business and the environment. It emits negligible amounts of air pollution, consumes virtually no water and has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2198024\">less impact on wildlife than fossil fuel power plants<\/a>. Furthermore, in 2012 companies invested\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.awea.org\/Resources\/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=900&amp;navItemNumber=587\">$25 billion<\/a>\u00a0into new wind energy projects in the U.S. and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwatch.org\/growth-global-solar-and-wind-energy-continues-outpace-other-technologies-0\">global use of wind energy increased by 18%<\/a>.\u00a0 Google alone contracts for more than\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2013\/09\/17\/google-energy-wind\/2826313\/\">570 megawatts of wind energy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 enough to power about 170,000 houses.<\/p>\n<p>We in America are used to Trump fighting tooth and nail for his projects, regardless of their impacts. Yawn. But when he masquerades as a committed environmentalist, we have to say, to borrow one of Mr. Trump\u2019s favorite phrases, \u201cYou\u2019re fired!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This commentary originally appeared on our\u00a0EDF Voices blog.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy for Americans to laugh at Donald Trump when he goes off on a rant, like when he joined the birthers\u00a0during the last presidential election. But when Trump starts picking fights with other countries, and wind energy, it\u2019s just embarrassing. 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