posted: September 1, 2007 • Environment, Wales

Destruction of Cefn Croes

Author: Griffiths, Emyr; and Whiteway, Beverley

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Right-of-way for transmission lines:

What was once a mountain stream:

Peat exposed by excavation — drying and shrinking (and releasing substantial carbon):

On site cement factory:

The heavy-duty roads are now used for rally racing
(not much carbon savings there!):

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