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End to Senate secrecy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/07/2024
» A call by new Senator Nantana Nantavaropas for live broadcasts of the upper chamber's panel meetings is noteworthy and warrants support. It is a solid measure to ensure transparency, while giving the public access to monitor lawmakers' performance.
Dead rivers, flaming lakes: India's sewage failure
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» NEW DELHI - Mohammed Azhar holds his baby niece next to a storm drain full of plastic and stinking black sludge, testament to India's failure to treat nearly two-thirds of its urban sewage.
Clashes as thousands march in France against agro industry water 'grab'
AFP, Published on 30/10/2022
» SAINTE-SOLINE (FRANCE) - Thousands of demonstrators defied an official ban to march on Saturday against the deployment of new water storage infrastructure for agricultural irrigation in western France, according to organisers.
Special treatment
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/10/2022
» Re: "Speed up road safety", (Editorial, Oct 8).
Groundwater for the Future
Published on 22/09/2022
» The Department of Groundwater Resources (DGR), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), organised the “1st Thailand International Groundwater Symposium: Key to Water Security and Sustainability” on 22-24 August 2022 in Bangkok and a study trip to Kanchanaburi Province on 25-26 August 2022. With the aim of collaborating by sharing knowledge, experience and research findings about innovations and technology on groundwater issues, the event drew more than 400 academics and experts from more than 20 countries around the world. Mr. Varawut Silpa-archa, MNRE Minister, presided over the opening ceremony and gave a welcome speech.
Groundwater: Making the invisible visible
Asia focus, Published on 28/03/2022
» Climate change is causing global temperatures to rise, putting our most visible sources of water at risk. From Spain to parts of the African continent, droughts are being experienced at unprecedented levels. Madagascar last year faced a food crisis that left 1.3 million people facing severe hunger following the worst drought in four decades.
'Thailand Pass' works
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/11/2021
» Re: "Thai pass 'bugs' to be fixed", (BP, Nov 8).
A drought-hit California town finds itself sinking into the ground
AFP, Published on 08/08/2021
» CORCORAN (UNITED STATES) - "You've got too many farmers pumping all around," complained Raul Atilano. This octogenarian resident of Corcoran, the self-proclaimed farming capital of California, was struggling to make sense of the strangest of phenomena: his already suffering town is sinking, ever so gradually, into the ground.
Japan to release treated Fukushima water into the sea: PM
AFP, Published on 13/04/2021
» TOKYO: Japan's government on Tuesday approved a plan to release more than one million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, in a controversial decision that follows years of debate.
Gen. Prawit investigates Loei drought, pushes large-scale groundwater innovation for farmers
Published on 11/06/2020
» Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon, Deputy Prime Minister, together with Mr. Varawut Silpa-archa, Natural Resources and Environment Minister, and Mr. Chatuporn Chaimaphat, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, visited Na Pong Municipality, Na Pong Subdistrict, Muang District, Loei Province on June 10, 2020, to follow up on progress of the groundwater well drilling project to solve water problems.