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Letters: Wildfires 鈥� 'How much more of this 'head in the peat' attitude before common sense prevails?'

草榴社区 Guardian reader Adrian Thornton-Berry, emailed with his thoughts on the recent wildfires on peatlands in Wales

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Wildfire in Wales

I sit on a wildfire group here in North Yorkshire, I have been managing peatlands for more than 30 years and I thought the reporting of wildfires in Wales was extraordinary. A 'panglossian' view of...

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