border wall
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Trump Tried to Scoop Up a Popular Birding Preserve for His Border Wall, But You Don’t Mess With Birders
The Trump administration was reportedly all set to purchase the Salineño Wildlife Preserve, a 1.01 ha stretch of Texas so popular among birders that it’s been called “hallowed ground,” to make way for its infamous border wall. But the deal fell apart at the last minute on Friday after the land’s owner bowed to pressure…
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Trump’s Border Wall Is the ‘Biggest Threat’ to U.S. Southwest Wildlife, Government Emails Reveal
We really don’t need another reason to hate U.S. President Donald Trump’s stupid border wall, but here’s a new one anyways. Documents the U.S. Centre for Biological Diversity obtained from the Fish and Wildlife Service through public records requests reveal how the border wall construction is harming critical habitat for eight endangered species at Arizona’s…
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If Trump Wants His Racist Border Wall, He’ll Have To Start Taking Climate Change Seriously
Ha ha ha. Donald Trump’s impermeable wall ain’t so impermeable, after all. Not even these high walls of racist fury can withstand good ol’ Mother Nature: The Washington Post reported Thursday that the president’s beloved border wall between the U.S. and Mexico would need to leave portions wide open every summer to prevent flash floods…
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Trump’s Border Wall Could Destroy An Icon Of The American Southwest
From Tucson to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, it’s 200km of largely open road. There’s just one area where traffic is likely to slow down, right after the barely-there town of Why and just before you hit the park.