Mongabay: Wetlands International, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the world’s wetlands, has warned of drastic environmental consequences if the Russia government goes ahead with plans to begin large scale peat mining, including the potential release of 113 gigatons of carbon. Peat mining for energy “causes much larger carbon dioxide emissions than fossil fuels, will ruin precious nature and disrupt the hydrology of large areas,” writes Tatiana Minaeva from Wetlands …