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No rationale left not to abandon fossil fuels
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/09/2018
» It has become clear to many that the global trend of renewable energy development, particularly solar energy, is unstoppable.
Migrants breathe new life into ageing society
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 15/07/2017
» If there is one thing Thailand has done as well as any developed country, it is in managing her population. The nation was able to keep growth under control years before other developing countries jumped on the bandwagon.
Fixing social chaos a matter of culture
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/04/2017
» Strategically speaking, the military junta's attempt to enforce traffic laws through absolute power under Section 44 has been a total flop.
Farms provide crucial economic safety net
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/11/2016
» The only qualifications I can claim as a rice expert is that I have been eating rice for more than six decades and I know a rice plant when I see one.
Govt must act fast to stem scourge of climate change
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/11/2015
» Netizens were up in arms earlier this week when news surfaced that the government was on the verge of spending 20 million baht to send 81 officials to the upcoming global climate change conference in Paris. Insider information exposed the budget request to dispatch the throng of officials to the event to an outraged public.
Wake up: There is no future for coal
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 14/08/2015
» Outside of Thailand, the signs are everywhere that nations are taking steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the single most important factor -- for the time being at least -- to have caused numerous natural disasters in the world.
Egat needs to listen to locals over coal power plant
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 03/10/2014
» What were soldiers armed with war weapons doing at a public hearing on a proposed sea port for transporting coal to a proposed coal-fired power plant in Krabi last week?
Centralising power won't solve plague of corruption
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 05/09/2014
» ML Panadda Diskul stirred up a hornet's nest when he suggested that some local administrations could not be trusted to spend taxpayers' money.
Time for a graceful exit after the rice scheme disaster
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 14/02/2014
» To deal with troubles caused by anti-government protesters, the caretaker government has resorted to imposing a state of emergency on Bangkok and a few surrounding areas. Whether this action is effective enough to quell the dissent instead of provoking even stiffer resistance, we shall see soon enough.
Impact assessment process has glaring flaws
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 13/09/2013
» An impromptu street drama took place last Sunday in front of Wat Phon Thong in tambon Na Pong of Loei's Muang district. The temple was the venue of a public hearing to consider an application to expand a gold mining area.