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News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/02/2019
» Trying to find N95 respirators -- a type of facial mask that can deal with small particles or PM2.5 -- is a troublesome task for many people living in smog-hit Bangkok.
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/01/2019
» The thick haze covering Bangkok and adjacent areas strikes a call for the Thai automobile industry to embrace clean technology -- but it also calls for a major change in our car-loving culture.
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/09/2018
» The Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) last week provided a positive outlook for the planet as leaders ranging from business executives, governors and mayors from around the world came together in pledging their commitments for a carbon neutral future.
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/02/2018
» Inescapably, those of us who live in Bangkok are resigned to the fact that pollution is part of our way of life. But the threat of air pollution in recent weeks seems too much to bear. And the state reaction is questionable. Leaving the city, the country's beating economic heart, is not possible for most of us.
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/10/2017
» Photos of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha shaking hands with US President Donald Trump at the White House were plastered across the front pages of most, if not all, mainstream media this week. They have also been doing the rounds on social media.
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/08/2017
» A peaceful sit-in protest against a coal-fired power project by four Thai-Muslims from Songkhla in the South in front of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has drawn attention to the "flaws in state development planning".
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/12/2015
» Just like the previous climate conferences, the Paris forum -- known as COP21 -- is stuck on the typical issues of how to manage the obligations of rich and poor countries to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and channel climate finances.
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/02/2015
» The discovery of the first commercial natural gas field in the Gulf of Thailand in 1981 was hailed as a milestone that would propel Thailand to economic prosperity.