Whisky production involves the burning of peat, but damaging peatlands releases stored carbon back into the atmosphere where ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Peat has become a dirty word in England. If you have ever bought a plant from a big box store, a grocery store, or an independent nursery, then you have become acquainted with ...

A professor of environmental chemistry says some people with wood-burning stoves should consider stopping using them as they ...

Wood-burning stoves are often considered safer, cleaner and more attractive than open fires. This may, in part, explain why ...

Approximately 80% of Scotch whisky is made using peat as a fuel source for drying barley during the malting process. The aromas of the burning peat, or“reek” as it is known in the industry ...