Past Errors to Blame for Russia’s Peat Fires - NYTimes.com

Past Errors to Blame for Russia’s Peat Fires - NYTimes.com: "Among all the troubles that have been visited on Russia in this summer of record heat, wildfires, smoke and crop failure, perhaps none have been so persistent and impervious to remedy as the peat fires. Particularly maddening, many here say, is the knowledge that the problem is caused by humans."