Continuation of peat extraction at Chat Moss refused

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Secretary of state Eric Pickles will decide by 19 September on whether growing-media producer Sinclair's Chat Moss bog near Manchester can be harvested in light of a planning row.

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Peat will no longer be extracted from 10,000-year-old moss land in Salford following a government ruling.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-20268223
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Great news - NOT?
I suppose that now there will be even more half-recycled rubbish in the compost bag.

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