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Shangri-La Chiang Mai hosts charity dinner to stop the smoke
Life, Gary Boyle, Published on 02/04/2025
» As North Thailand faces its annual air pollution season, the Warm Heart Foundation, in partnership with Shangri-La Chiang Mai, is hosting Stop the Smoke, an exclusive charity dinner aimed at raising awareness about the harmful impact of wild burning and supporting innovative solutions for carbon removal and sustainable agriculture.
MFP plans protection for cannabis growers, sellers
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/05/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) plans to reinstate cannabis as a narcotic drug, while protecting its growers and sellers.
TEST YOURSELF: Where the wild beasts roam
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/04/2021
» Farmers in Prachuap Khiri Khan are learning to live with elephants
TEST YOURSELF: Why so hazy?
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/03/2021
» Science explains the sources of Thailand’s PM2.5 pollution
Holding those behind the haze to account
News, Gary Boyle, Published on 21/03/2021
» Chiang Mai spent several days this month as the most polluted city on the planet, with PM2.5 levels reaching 226 microgrammes per cubic meter (μg/m³) there. The predictability of the annual surge in pollution and the lack of effective preventative action have angered city residents and concerned civil society groups.
Building stopped to reduce pollution
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/02/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered all construction work in Bangkok -- including seven electric train projects -- to stop until Thursday as it steps up efforts to reduce levels of dust pollutants shrouding the city.
Prayut orders Chiang Mai fires out in 7 days
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/04/2019
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha flew into Chiang Mai early on Tuesday to review the crisis caused by a thick blanket of smog and toxic levels of PM2.5 dust that has been choking northern Thailand for several weeks.
Bhumjaithai posters push weed
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/02/2019
» The Bhumjaithai Party has hit the campaign trail in Bangkok by proposing marijuana as a new cash crop for the country, said the party's MP candidate, Sawai Chotkasupha.
Man killed by wild elephants
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/01/2019
» CHACHOENGSAO: Wild elephants are believed to have pulled a man from a small hut in a pineapple field and stomped him to death.
Facing jail, editor apologises for anti-pollution posting
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/04/2018
» The editor of Citylife Chiang Mai has apologised to the provincial governor after he threatened her with criminal charges for posting on Facebook a student's painting of ancient kings wearing pollution masks.