Traditionally, peat is cut from the earth by hand, and the resulting “sod” is packed into briquettes to dry. In the last century, however, global demand for peat as a fuel source has given rise to ...

When I lived in Kalimantan in Indonesia in the 1990s and later in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, I would often wake to toxic, smoke-filled skies. The air would be filled with the distinctive smell of ...

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In the region surrounding Moscow, peat-bog and forest fires are combining with the area's usual heavy pollution to blanket the Russian capital in thick smog. But as Moscow landmarks disappear from ...