Trump wants Mexico toupée for solar wall

Donald Trump has suggested his proposed wall on the US-Mexico border could be made cheaper by attaching solar panels to it. Addressing a rally in Iowa, the US President said the panels would provide cheap energy and help to pay for the controversial project, which he used as a rallying point against illegal immigration and […]

Trump’s Mexico wall ‘could emit 2m tonnes of CO2’

Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico could have catastrophic environmental consequences. That’s according to research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which has calculated the vast amount of concrete that would need to be produced would result in up to two million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide being emitted. It adds the wall would also be […]