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Energy activists jump for joy but the battle’s not over
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/01/2015
» Two pieces of energy news in two weeks have had energy reform advocates practically dancing in the street. Social media has been abuzz with celebratory postings and comments.
The eco-friendly energy race is on
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 05/12/2014
» Surveying the energy scene around the world gives the impression that renewable energy — once considered as the “little league” by many experts — is on the verge of breaking from an awkward stroll into a sprint.
When a single tree falls in the forest ... everyone hears
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/09/2014
» "Someday I'm going to climb Phu Kradung mountain," I've been telling myself for years, but still have never made the trek. Pretty soon I'll be at an age when it may not be possible for me to make it there on foot, which is currently the only way for visitors to do it.
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.
Regime must heed public voice on development
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 08/08/2014
» Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has promised to "return happiness" to the country.
It’s now or never in tackling environmental reform
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/04/2014
» The Carteret Atoll, a group of islands in the South Pacific, has been inhabited for over a thousand years. But, come 2015, the entire atoll is expected to be swallowed by the sea.
Passing the waste dump hot potato until it explodes
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 28/03/2014
» There is something smelly about the open garbage dump that caught fire and spewed toxic fumes across several districts in Samut Prakan and Bangkok.
Public must unite in condemning protest violence
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 28/02/2014
» The summer winds are blowing in just as the political scene has heated up to the extent that no other affairs of state are more urgent now than ensuring peace is restored.
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.
We must not let this divisive election start a civil war
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 31/01/2014
» It now appears that voting will take place this Sunday as scheduled, amid widespread fears of violence. Yingluck Shinawatra, the caretaker prime minister, has rejected a suggestion by the Election Commission to reschedule the poll to avoid violent confrontations and wasting the nearly 4-billion-baht budget needed to organise an election that everyone agrees will not result in a functioning government.