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No silver lining on smog clouds, yet
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/01/2019
» As a Bangkok resident, I have also been badly affected this week by the hazardous smog. As such, the first thing I do each morning now is check the Air4Thai app on my phone.
We're really not heeding King's words
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 31/10/2016
» Last Friday, the United Nations held a special session to pay tribute to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The eulogy is clear: the world lost a great leader who tirelessly worked to serve his people, and helped the needy and the marginalised -- and was a trailblazer of sustainable development.
Nation's biomass industry faces myriad challenges
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/11/2015
» There is no question that clean energy has merits. Among many sources, biomass power plants are championed as the most appropriate choice for Thailand — a country with abundant farm waste such as rice husks, and organic waste from sugar mills and palm oil factories.
Bringing climate change policy into the 21st century
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/08/2015
» Paris will heat up in the winter month of December when delegates from 190 nations gather for a key climate change meeting, better known as Cop 21 (abbreviation of the 21st yearly session of the Conference of Parties).
Contain yourself
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 10/05/2013
» Children usually enjoy building up collections, and typically these include dolls, miniature cars or even toy guns. For my five-year-old niece, however, the items she prizes happen to be kratik nam, personal water containers students carry to school.
Put up with this air pollution? You've got to be choking
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/01/2013
» I've almost completed the checklist for my Beijing journey. From Beijing duck, and a palace walk to Beijing's food street, I've finally arrived at the "Beijing cough" _ the one thing on the list that no one wants to tick.