IT IS early one morning in May, the Hebridean sky huge and blue, and Norman Macleod and Peter Urpeth, two old pals from Lewis, are walking out on to the moor, tools slung over their shoulders, ready ...

The soaring price of fuel is leading cash-conscious crofters in the Outer Hebrides to revive the ancient tradition of cutting peat to fire their kitchen stoves and central heating. Over the past few ...

The Ministry of Climate assesses Carbon Dioxide emissions resulting from the burning of peat cut in Estonia bring a significant environmental impact, and until the adoption of a new climate law, the ...