Some of the most beautiful areas of England are releasing millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year because of damage to peat bogs, environment watchdogs have warned By Louise Gray | Telegraph.co.uk | 18 Mar 2010 Peatlands in beauty spots like Exmoor and the Peak District store carbon dioxide in ancient deposits of rotted vegetation. However a report by Natural England found farming practices such as ploughing the earth and burning heather means three quarters of... [Read Post]
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