Peatland problems

In 'reclaiming' the Somerset Levels, intensive agriculture is seriously endangering one of the UK’s most important carbon sinks

Two years ago, UK Government pledged to ban the sale of gardeners’ peat by 2024, in recognition of peatland’s potential “to lock up carbon, strengthen drought resilience and serve as a powerful nature-based solution to climate change.”

I don’t know if you checked recently, but it’s 2024. The current Government’s last chance to enact their promise was bef…