Turning wetlands into fuel brings cheap energy to the countryside, but at a cost to ecosystems that trap carbon in the ground ...

REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne A stack of dried turf is seen on the edge of Gowlan East Bog, an in-use blanket bogland, in Derryrush, Ireland, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne “The people ...

For Patsy Power, a turf cutter whose family has rights to cut and remove turf on the Bog of Allen, the changes will make virtually no difference to the way he operates. "We've been taking turf ...

The unmistakable smell of the bog’s sweet earthiness hangs in the air as Gavin cuts rectangular sods of peat from the wetland that squelches beneath his feet. Gavin started cutting turf — the ...

Machine-cut turf logs lined up along Trista Bog in County Mayo.Credit...Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times The Irish government now has two months to put teeth into the laws and say how ...

As the global economy continues its slow climb out of last fall's economic crisis, many in Congress and the U.S. agree it's time to rework the laws that govern financial institutions. The debate ...

he made a field trip to a local museum to see an exhibit of bog bodies: ancient human remains, both skeletal and naturally mummified, interred in the wetlands and spongy turf of northern Europe.

By Clodagh Kilcoyne and Conor Humphries CLONBULLOGUE, Ireland (Reuters) -As wind turbines on the horizon churn out clean energy, John Smyth bends to stack damp peat - the cheap, smoky fuel he has ...

The unmistakable smell of the bog’s sweet earthiness hangs in the air as Gavin cuts rectangular sods of peat from the wetland that squelches beneath his feet. Gavin started cutting turf — the ...

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 ...

For Patsy Power, a turf cutter whose family has rights to cut and remove turf on the Bog of Allen, the changes will make virtually no difference to the way he operates. “We’ve been taking turf ...

CARRAGH, Ireland — In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland for more than 130 years this week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the country's midlands collecting ...