Research shows carbon emitting peat extraction figures vastly unreported 

Turf-cutting releases harmful carbon and other greenhouse gases into the air.

The level of carbon-emitting peat extraction carried out on Irish bogs for domestic use has been vastly underreported, a new study has found.

Fresh evidence from Environmental Protection Agency-funded research reveals just under 65,000 hectares of raised bog across Ireland has been cut up for domestic use, nearly 162 times more than the 400 hectares reported in Ireland’s official report on annual greenhouse gas use to the United Nations.