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Shepherding people, not sacrificial lambs
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 02/12/2017
» Sacrifice is such a noble word. It denotes high-mindedness, the act of giving up something treasured for another thing of a greater value.
Thailand wobbles toward its place in the sun
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 09/09/2017
» Thailand may at last be entering the 21st century in terms of energy management, albeit slowly and with a wobble.
Fight like a bulldog, persevere like a bee
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/08/2017
» Two decades ago, Jintana Kaewkhao found herself thrust into the public limelight as she led local opposition against a coal-fired power plant project close to her home in Ban Krut of Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
With river sacrifice, regime yields to Beijing
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/05/2017
» The only thing that stands between China and its ambition to co-opt the Mekong as its own is opposition by Thai grassroots activists.
A fresh chance to boost renewable energy
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 24/02/2017
» Cheers went up at the protest site when it was announced that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had promised to "set zero" the coal-fired power plant project in Krabi.
Environment under Section 44 attack
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 05/02/2016
» Ever since the military took power, the environment has come under constant assault on the pretext of protecting national security and accelerating national economic development.
Waste treatment alone cannot purify putrid canal water
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/11/2015
» When one looks at the state of Bangkok canals today, it is hard to imagine that they were once filled with clear, clean water teeming with aquatic life.
Pollution victims' photos tell tales of misery
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 17/07/2015
» I looked at their faces and they looked at mine. I gazed into their haunting eyes, trying to feel what they felt.
Development forges on, but at what cost?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/12/2014
» US President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his executive authority to impose an indefinite ban on oil and gas exploration in Alaska's picturesque Bristol Bay, home to beluga and killer whales and the endangered North Pacific right whale.
Security overkill stifles protesters' right to speak out
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 17/10/2014
» It was deja vu all over again in the southern tourist haven of Krabi on Monday.