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Boost air pollution control
News, Editorial, Published on 11/09/2022
» In recent days, most city residents have been preoccupied with navigating heavy rains and floods, so a report by Greenpeace India last week on air pollution and access to air quality data may have gone unnoticed.
Fight haze battle better
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/10/2021
» As the weather starts to get cooler, a sense of dread hangs in the air.
Covid threat just one of many
News, Editorial, Published on 29/08/2021
» As Thai authorities battle to halt a tide of infections currently threatening to dislodge a halo worn so proudly by many who thought Covid-19 had been beaten on home soil, a UN report released last week comes as a timely reminder that epidemics come in all shapes and sizes and the present Covid crisis can't be allowed to distract from pro-environmental policy-making.
Haze response fails public
News, Editorial, Published on 25/01/2020
» Desperate, recycled and ineffective. These are just some of the strong rebukes given to the government's response to the smog caused by ultra-fine PM2.5 dust particles that has been blanketing Bangkok and many provinces over the past month.
Save people from PM2.5
News, Editorial, Published on 17/01/2020
» As the concentration of ultra-fine toxic PM2.5 dust has once again risen to levels considered unsafe for human health in the capital and several other provinces over the past week, the government's efforts to tackle key factors contributing to pollution have been criticised as too little, too late.
Breaking the PM2.5 cycle
News, Editorial, Published on 25/12/2019
» Thailand is notorious for its ad hoc responses to recurring and foreseeable problems-- from seasonal flooding and drought to fatal road accidents during holidays. In recent years, dangerously unhealthy smog caused by fine dust particles known as PM2.5 has become another predictable threat that has drawn some recent "long-term" measures from the government, though these appear to be too broad.
Fire battle a team effort
News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2019
» A massive fire engulfing vast areas of a Chiang Rai forest has intensified the smog problem in this northernmost province, adding to the country's pollution woes.
Alternatives for farmers
News, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2019
» Before causing widespread alarm among Bangkok residents this year, PM2.5 fine dust particles plagued the skies in the North, Northeast and Central Plains for over a decade -- and it might be getting worse.
Fix lax rules on factories
News, Editorial, Published on 08/02/2019
» This week, the government seemed to get tough on another source of toxic haze: industrial activities. But what it is doing will not tackle the root cause of the problem which is the country's lax regulation of the industrial sector.
City smog is a real crisis
News, Editorial, Published on 17/01/2019
» The hazardous smog that has blanketed Bangkok and other cities in the past week should have prompted the government and state agencies to respond with effective crisis-management and integrated long-term plans to tackle the root causes of the problem.