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Yuam River dam diverts more than just flow
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/04/2020
» Flowing freely along the Salween Basin, the Yuam River has been home to Karen villagers for many generations. From cradle to grave, they live off the land and the river, and for years they have been passing down the wisdom of their traditional ways to their descendants.
Water to be diverted into Chao Phraya
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/03/2020
» The National Water Resource Committee has approved a plan to divert more water from the Mae Klong River into the Chao Phraya to reduce salinity and maintain the quality of raw water for tap water production.
Karen fear ravages from river diversion schemes
News, Pianporn Deetes, Published on 14/03/2020
» Muesaw Chokedilok, an ethnic Karen woman from Thailand's Kaburdin Village in Chiang Mai's Omkoi district, hops aboard an old pickup truck for a rugged ride up the mountain. With her are a group of housewives from the same village, all clad in cotton handwoven clothes with beaded lace and colourful headscarves. They are on the way to meet a group of journalists from Bangkok. Their village is at least four hours by car to Muang Chiang Mai.
Drought and disease menace job prospects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/02/2020
» Thailand's employment is projected to face numerous risks this year, with widespread drought, poor exports, the delay of the fiscal 2020 budget and the highly contagious coronavirus weighing on jobs.
Drought and disease menace job prospects
Published on 28/02/2020
» Thailand’s employment market is facing myriad risks this year, with widespread drought, poor exports, the delay of the 2020 fiscal budget and the highly contagious coronavirus outbreak weighing on jobs.
Drought plans need revamp
News, Editorial, Published on 08/02/2020
» Despite the government foreseeing the likelihood of the worst drought crisis in 40 years, and announcing a plan to tackle it last year, several measures being implemented over the past month to deal with water scarcity appear to be knee-jerk and impromptu in nature.
Haze crisis a symptom of state of failures
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 25/01/2020
» The current air pollution crisis is just one of many symptoms of a system going haywire. The pollution crisis has been an annual occurrence for the past several years. Every dry season, we brace ourselves for the onslaught of toxic smog caused by exhaust fumes, construction dust, forest fires, and fires deliberately set on pre- or post-harvest fields.
Egat, B.Grimm ink major hybrid power deal
Published on 20/01/2020
» The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has signed a contract with B.Grimm Power-Energy China Consortium to develop the world’s largest hydro floating solar hybrid power project at Sirindhorn dam in Ubon Ratchathani.
Egat forms technology venture with Ratch, Egco
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/01/2020
» The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is ready to expand its energy technology business by forming a joint venture with two subsidiaries: Ratch Group Plc and Electricity Generating Plc (Egco).
Falling water levels deliver a taste of things to come
Business, Published on 13/01/2020
» Saltier tap water in parts of Bangkok is a harbinger of the much-feared drought, with the brackish taste stemming from how the Chao Phraya River's level has become too low to keep out seawater.