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    The correct response to Beijing's EV subsidies

    Oped, Published on 09/04/2024

    » US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's nearly weeklong visit to China, now underway, will most likely focus on US concerns about Chinese subsidies to producers of electric vehicles and other clean-tech goods.

  • OPINION

    War starts when deterrence falls short

    Oped, Published on 02/03/2024

    » On Feb 24, 2022, when I heard that Russia had invaded Ukraine, calling it a "special military operation", I thought that the war would not last beyond a month.

  • OPINION

    Curbing plastic pollution needs local remedies

    Oped, Published on 22/02/2024

    » As the United Nations enters the final stretch of negotiations for a new treaty to end plastic pollution, governments must work to ensure that the agreement not only reduces plastic production, but also strengthens local initiatives to remove and recycle existing plastic waste.

  • OPINION

    Too many security cameras, not enough safety

    News, Published on 30/01/2024

    » Civil libertarians are celebrating the recent announcement by Amazon that law enforcement agencies will no longer be able to obtain Ring doorbell camera videos just by asking. Henceforth, the company will require a subpoena or a search warrant.

  • OPINION

    Eruption is a warning to others

    News, Published on 23/01/2024

    » Volcanic eruptions are mesmerising. The glowing red lava, explosive power and widening fissures serve as reminders that we stand and build not on static ground, but on a very dynamic Earth. For the Icelandic port of Grindavik, the escaping magma is less of a marvel and more of a nightmare. For the rest of the world, it should be a lesson that preparing for natural disasters is ever more important during the climate crisis.

  • OPINION

    Merry Xmas, everybody

    Postbag, Published on 17/12/2023

    » Re: "PM urges action on PM2.5", (BP, Dec 14).

  • OPINION

    Cities can drive climate solutions

    Oped, Published on 06/12/2023

    » Nation-states, presidents, and prime ministers are the players who garner the biggest headlines and the most media attention at each year's UN Climate Change Conference. Yet for the past decade, and with far less fanfare, cities, states, and regional governments (known as "subnationals") have been implementing the Paris climate agreement's guidance, even when their national governments have not. This has meant investing in clean-energy systems and other urban innovations to reduce emissions locally and sharing what works through networks like C40 and the Global Covenant of Mayors to accelerate progress on a larger scale.

  • OPINION

    End monopoly for cheap, clean energy

    Oped, Published on 22/11/2023

    » If Thailand hopes to honour its global pledge to mitigate climate change by becoming carbon neutral by 2050, there is one way to do it -- electricity liberalisation.

  • OPINION

    Too early for plaudits

    News, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2023

    » Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin recently addressed the nation, highlighting the government's achievements in its first 60 days in office.

  • OPINION

    Heat's rising for Thailand to go green

    Oped, Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Published on 08/11/2023

    » The world is boiling hot, not simply warming. Therefore, Thailand's response must extend beyond planting trees and carbon credit sales. To weather humanity's greatest crisis and safeguard our economy, we must transform into a low-carbon society and economy.

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