Farmers and EU face off over bogs, Ireland’s largest carbon store

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By Dawn AttrideJul 8, 2024, 4:45 am174 pts
On Ireland’s wet and windy Achill Island, local sheep farmer Stephen Gavin, 64, has been harvesting peat from the wetlands near his home since April. 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.…

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