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Booze ban ideas go to PM
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/12/2014
» The Committee for National Alcohol Beverage Policy is sending six proposed regulations to the government for curtailing the sale of alcohol during the New Year holidays, said Public Health Minister Rajata Rajatanavin.
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Thai farmers feeling the heat of climate debate
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/12/2018
» Ampai Meelap, 43, a durian farmer on the frontlines of climate change witnesses the threats of unpredictable weather every year.
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Weathering water's extremes
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/11/2017
» Since downpours from the North swept down into the central Chao Phraya River basin early last month, people are fearfully bracing for the next big flood to hit Bangkok. The Thai government tells the public it is making a concentrated effort to ensure the capital will be protected from future flooding. Despite the heavy rainfall this year, leaders have dismissed the possibility of another flood like 2011's.
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Rally blocks deep-sea port public hearing
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/03/2017
» SATUN: The first environment public hearing for the planned Pak Bara deep-sea port project was abruptly cancelled Thursday after several hundred protesters rallied at the venue to block the hearing.
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Northern villagers feel 'zoned' out
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/02/2016
» The news of a Special Economic Zone on their doorstep was of little concern to the laid-back community in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai. They had their forest, or “natural supermarket” as they like to call it, and life was good.
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Prayut delivers Thailand's climate pledge at Paris summit
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/12/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday clarified Thailand’s commitment to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 20-25% by 2030 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
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PM, at Paris summit, vows to cut emissions
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/12/2015
» PARIS - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledged at the opening of the United Nations (UN) 21st Conference on Climate Change (COP 21) that Thailand will help reduce fossil fuel use and boost renewable supplies in line with the country's Power Development Plan 2015.
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Asean plots haze-free future by 2020
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/12/2015
» PARIS – The Asean region is looking to become a haze-free zone by 2020, but reducing forest fires and fossil-fuel use causing the regional problem will take time, said Southeast Asian officials meeting on the sidelines of the international climate conference here.
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Critics say emissions vow 'a pipe dream'
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/12/2015
» Thailand’s pledge to massively cut carbon emissions by 20-25% from its 2005 levels has been questioned by critics, who regard it as a pipe dream.
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Solar power inching ahead in Thailand
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/12/2015
» Two years ago, all Kordin Chaihae could do after sunset was to sit quietly by a candle in his small house in Songkhla's Chana district.
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