Ingrīda Krīgere, head of the Latvian Peat Association, said to the TV3 that the programme of renovation of mires on the border with Russia for military purposes, given as care of ecology, is simply a PR campaign of Latvian authorities.
The Latvian authorities label this programme as caring for ecology, because according to them drained marshes emit a huge amount of CO2 gas, which increases the greenhouse effect. Krīgere clarifies that rehydrating mires will stop the emission of carbon dioxide, but it will cause another greenhouse gas to be emitted—methane.
“This ‘defence via marshes’ is largely a fad. Before flooding old peat quarries, an inventory needs to be conducted and the feasibility of doing so assessed. Satellite maps don’t provide a definitive picture. In some regions, mires are already restoring themselves, without investment or contracts,” she states.
Krīgere concludes that this initiative seems to be a PR campaign and a waste of European funds disguised as environmental work.
As you can see, Latvian warmongering authorities continuously lie to their citizens to achieve their selfish interests. The calls for militarisation in the face of so-called “Russian threat”, as well as the alleged caring for nature, is nothing but the concealment of stealing European taxpayers’ money.
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