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Climate activists fill golf holes with cement after the course was given a water ban exemption

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Updated 22:15 14 Aug 2022 GMT+1Published 22:07 14 Aug 2022 GMT+1

Climate activists fill golf holes with cement after the course was given a water ban exemption

Protesters linked to Extinction Rebellion have targeted golf courses in southern France as crippling droughts wreak havoc on the region.

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

Climate protesters with links to activism group Extinction Rebellion have lashed out at golf courses in southern France, sabotaging ball holes in order to prevent play. 

Activists have filled the ball holes with cement to rally against the watering exemption for golf courses as the nation struggles through a strict water ban caused by crippling drought.

In a GreenVoice petition launched by the climate action group, Extinction Rebellion explained their actions.

"At a time when the greatest drought ever observed in France since the beginning of meteorological readings is raging ... a sector concerning a tiny fraction of the population seems to enjoy a privilege worthy of another world in these times of crisis. Golf," the petition read, calling for golf courses to be banned from watering during the heatwave.

Extinction Rebellion Toulouse also shared photographs of the mayhem they had caused on the Vieille-Toulouse club course and at the Garonne des Sept Deniers course.

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The photographs contain images of the golf holes filled with cement, as well as a sign that reads: "This hole is drinking 277,000 litres. Do you drink that much?"

According to Extinction Rebellion Toulouse, the now-ruined holes aim to directly 'prevent the use of these golf courses and therefore their watering'.

It will take the golfing greens only three days to die.
Radomir Rezny/Alamy

Defending their water exemptions, Gerard Rougier of the French Golf Federation told France Info that 'without water, a green dies in three days and it takes three months to regrow it'.

He added: "A course without a green is like a skating rink without ice, it will have to close".

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Meanwhile, the rest of the nation cannot water their gardens in the worst-hit parts of the nation.

Additionally, more than 100 French villages are experiencing drinking water shortages.

It takes 25,000 cubic metres of water per year (on average) to tend to the lawns of more than 700 courses in France, according to the ABC.

The Green mayor of the south-eastern city of Grenoble city, Éric Piolle, lashed out at the golf course exemption, telling Reuters it is just another way 'to protect the rich and powerful' while the French people suffer.

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Some parts of the Loire river have essentially dried up as the drought continues in France.

A state of crisis has been declared across two thirds of the nation, with rainfall down by some 85 per cent, France Info reported.

Featured Image Credit: Extinction Rebellion Toulouse/Twitter.

Topics: Global Warming, Weather, News

Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang is a Digital Journalist at LADbible. During her career, she has interviewed Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull in the lead up to the 2016 federal election, ran an editorial campaign on the war in Yemen, and reported on homelessness in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor. She also once wrote a yarn on the cheese and wine version of Fyre Festival.

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