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Phuket oil spill fiasco
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/08/2023
» Viral images of villagers and tourists in Phuket cleaning sea turtles covered in oil have been a shock and cast the island province in a negative light.
Slick clean-up sorely absent
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/02/2022
» One month after a series of leaks from an undersea delivery pipeline, the oil spill in the waters off Rayong still ranks as a pressing concern.
Oil clean-up bodes ill
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/02/2022
» After news of the undersea oil pipeline leak came to light on Jan 25, the public expected it would be dealt with effectively and cleaned up.
Unwarranted spill optimism
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/01/2022
» As efforts to save the seas off Rayong continue following an undersea pipeline leak near Map Ta Phut, public scepticism is growing about the kind of preventive measures and crisis management the company, Star Petroleum Refining Co (SPRC), has in place -- as well as in regard to the response from state authorities.
Answers needed on the latest oil spill
News, Editorial, Published on 01/11/2015
» The sight of an oil-drenched crab clawing its way across the beach of Hua Hin, dragging a trail of viscous black goo across the sand, is hardly the image authorities have in mind when promoting Thailand as an idyllic tourist destination. It is perhaps for this very reason men in clean navy blazers with government insignia brought out shiny shovels and posed for the cameras on Wednesday morning. The Hua Hin Tourist Police chose a particularly white and clean stretch of beach to show social media they were busy extracting black gold.