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US climate U-turn sets bad example
News, Editorial, Published on 04/06/2017
» US President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate accord last week deserves condemnation from all corners of the globe. His announcement comes less than 18 months after the climate pact was adopted, the result of a hard-fought agreement between Beijing and Washington under Barack Obama's leadership. In making such a drastic decision, the US leader might have wanted to see the collapse of the landmark treaty.
Keep a lid on Songkran
News, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2017
» The Songkran Festival officially begins today. Unlike previous years, the water splashing activities especially in Bangkok will take place in regulated calmness thanks to a series of state orders that are driven by the need to promote road safety and curb traffic-related fatalities.
Standing firm against China
News, Editorial, Published on 12/01/2017
» Environmentalists and locals in the Mekong provinces have every right to be concerned over the navigational plan for the Mekong River, being pushed by China, which wants to use the river to ship goods from Yunnan to Luang Prabang in Laos.
Climate progress faces dire threat
News, Editorial, Published on 20/11/2016
» Those not paying attention to the international climate-change talks happening in Morocco last week should have been. First, some sobering scientific facts. The Earth is on track for its third successive year of highest-ever average surface temperatures since records began in 1880. The first 10 months of the year have been the hottest in modern times. The average temperature for the year was set to reach 1.2C over pre-Industrial Revolution levels -- meaning that 16 of the 17 hottest years on record were this century.
A flood of investigations
News, Editorial, Published on 27/09/2016
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) move to investigate the so-called "great flood" of 2011 has prompted strong criticism from former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra who ran the country during the crisis.
Songkran wake-up call
News, Editorial, Published on 15/04/2016
» With the mercury nearing 44C in various parts of the country, this year's Songkran is not only one of the hottest in decades, but also the driest. But things can only get worse if the country continues to treat Mother Nature like dirt.
Gift ban carries risks
News, Editorial, Published on 14/04/2016
» The Super Poll Research Office of former Abac University pollster Noppadol Kannikar came up with an interesting yet questionable opinion poll result regarding the distribution of red Songkran water bowls by two Shinawatra siblings, fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, former prime minister Yingluck, to their supporters in the North.
Please splash responsibly
News, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2016
» Today is the beginning of another holiday and long weekend. The three-day Songkran holiday fortuitously falls just ahead of the weekend, giving many workers a five-day break. Then there are those who decided to take Monday and yesterday off, effectively tripling Songkran. It's a holiday that most people anticipate for the extended respite from work and the joy of celebrating, including the splashing.
Officials in a haze
News, Editorial, Published on 23/02/2016
» February is such a predictable month. A few days of winter linger here and there, but it is the beginning of the hot season. Warnings of water shortages come from several departments. This year, the warnings are stronger and more alarming than usual, as El Nino promises an even more dire, drier drought. And in February also comes the dangerous, choking, ever-worsening haze as farm land and forests are burnt down to make way for the new planting season.
Black snow in Suphan Buri
News, Editorial, Published on 30/01/2016
» Every January, villagers in Dan Chang and two other districts of Suphan Buri province are exposed to a large amount of small black particles and ash blown from large sugar cane fields where farmers set fire to the plants before loading the stems to be sent to factories.