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Covid-19 pushes plastic waste rise
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/04/2020
» Over the past year, Thais have become more aware of the impact of single-use plastics on the environment and joined hands to reduce its consumption. But as the country has been hit by the spread of Covid-19, forcing people to spend more time at home, the amount of plastic waste generated has surged by 15%.
Bangkok again smoggy
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/02/2020
» Bangkok and surrounding areas were again covered in smog on Wednesday, with PM2.5 dust exceeding safe levels at 27 air-quality monitoring stations.
Smog persists in Bangkok
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/01/2020
» Unhealthy smog continues to plague Bangkok, with PM 2.5 dust exceeding safe levels at 10 monitoring stations in the capital on Friday morning, the Pollution Control Department reported.
Smog persists in capital, wearing masks advised
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/12/2019
» People were advised to wear masks when going outside as fine dust again exceeded safety standards on Wednesday at 43 air-quality monitoring stations in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
Smog returns to greater Bangkok
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/11/2019
» Fine dust reached unsafe levels in 14 areas of greater Bangkok with the worst in the city's Phasicharoen and Bang Phlad districts over the past 24 hours, the Pollution Control Department reported on Thursday morning.
Unsafe PM2.5 levels return
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/10/2019
» Fine dust was at unsafe levels in many districts of Bangkok and some districts in Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon provinces.
Mineral dept finds new active fault line
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/08/2019
» The Department of Mineral Resources has announced the discovery of a new active seismic fault in Wiang Haeng district of Chiang Mai province, and named it the Wiang Haeng fault line.
Ganja amnesty finds 10% have valid cause
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/05/2019
» About one in 10 of the 20,000 people who registered as being in the illegal possession of cannabis to treat medical ailments were found to have diseases that justified the use of the narcotic, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday.
Protesters refuse to go home
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/01/2019
» Residents protesting against water projects in two southern provinces vowed Monday to stay in Bangkok until the government cancels the projects.
Resistance mounts against contested dam project
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2018
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) told villagers protesting against the Wang Heeb dam to go to the Administrative Court if they want the project to be scrapped.