Turf wars are stalling Ireland's green agenda
In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland in more than 130 years last week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the country’s midlands collecting sun-dried turf. The briquettes of peat, which are liquorice black when hewn wet from the ground, had turned a toasted brown in the soaring temperatures and were ready to be stored and burnt as winter fuel. Yet the bog, like others across Ireland, has become a front line in a struggle to cut carbon emissions and conserve peat lands, pitting rural communities against urban policymakers. “There’s very deep anger an...
Source: taipeitimes.com