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PM2.5 needs a bright spark
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/03/2024
» Air pollution woes in Chiang Mai grabbed national headlines after Pita Limjaroenrat, list-MP and chief adviser to the Move Forward Party, urged the Srettha administration to declare the northern tourist town a disaster zone to unlock more funding to fight pollution in the province.
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Farmers must stop the fires
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/11/2023
» Last week, the National Environment Board (NEB) approved an environment policy that, if implemented, can tackle PM2.5 at a fundamental level.
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Fight for the right to clean environment
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 11/09/2023
» A year ago, the international community was heartened by the UN General Assembly's proclamation of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right to be enjoyed by all, universally. In essence, what does the right mean?
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Step towards cleaner air
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/09/2023
» The Administrative Court on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Industry to release data on PM2.5 air pollutants from the nation’s factories by the end of October. The verdict is good news for civic and environmental groups concerned about PM2.5 who have campaigned for the government to publicly release data on factory pollution from the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR).
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The right to clean air
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/06/2023
» In 2009, Smog In The City envisioned a not-too-distant future for Chiang Mai. Set in 2019, Fah returns home to find her family and villagers suffering from air pollution. Following a critical level of toxic haze, the government orders a state of emergency and immediate evacuation. After her mother dies of smog-induced acute coronary syndrome, she rushes to take her family to an airport like other evacuees. While her father and brother deteriorate, a couple approaches her car for drinking water.
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No to navy salvage
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/04/2023
» Re: "Vessel yet to be salvaged", (BP, March 30).
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Sodium also needs taxing
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/03/2023
» Starting tomorrow, the third stage of a tax hike on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) will come into effect, meaning consumers with a sweet tooth will have to pay more for soft drinks with a high sugar content.
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Singapore's haze remedy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/03/2023
» The haze situation in the northern region has been relentless of late. Areas of the upper North and Northeast have been cloaked in hazardous levels of smoke since last weekend, with the worst pollution being found in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district.
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Mobilise to fight PM2.5
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/03/2023
» PM2.5 dust pollution appears to be worse. Not only worse than during almost three years of the Covid-19 pandemic but in previous years as well.
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Justice key to the toxic haze solution
News, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2023
» The toxic smog season is back with a vengeance. Most of February saw Thailand's air quality in the danger zone, and this month it won't get any better.
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