Bord na Mona peat briquettes will no longer be made after 2024 Published: Friday, 15 January 2021 15:28
Peat Briquettes will no longer be made after 2024 while Bord Na Mona has ended all its peat harvesting operations in Ireland.
Bord Na Mona has announced it will no longer harvest peat on its lands.
The decision comes after the company suspending operations last year.
It says it will continue to progress the Brown to Green strategy - which are of critical importance to Ireland achieving its renewable energy targets.
Bord na Mona says it will continue to fulfil orders of horticultural peat into this year.
Galway Bay FM
12 December 2020
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Galway Bay FM Newsroom – Roscommon/Galway Independent Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice has said that rural communities should not suffer as a result of actions outlined under the Ag Climatise report that was published by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the marine this week.
The Government’s Climate Action Plan, published in 2019, establishes demanding emissions reduction targets across sectors such as transport, residential, construction and waste management. The agri-food sector is also required to play its part, by reducing its emissions by between 10% and 15% in that period.
Deputy Fitzmaurice raised particular concerns regarding the action to reduce the management intensity of at least 40,000 hectares of peat based agricultural soils to reduce CO2 loss.