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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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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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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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City can't ignore PM2.5
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/01/2023
» It appears the cool weather is dissipating, but Bangkok residents can count on the health-hazardous fine dust PM2.5 to hang around.
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Fix PM2.5 at the source
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/11/2022
» The year's end is also known as the season of air pollution. In Bangkok, it's the time when PM2.5 fills the air. In the northern region, open burning and forest fires spew air pollution, choking residents. In sugar cane farm areas in about 20 provinces in the central and northeastern region, villagers suffer from "black snow" PM2.5 dust resulting from sugarcane farmers conducting their pre-harvest burns.
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Don't take toxic air problem lightly
News, Editorial, Published on 14/03/2021
» If April is the month of Songkran, surely March is known for its pollution, especially in Northern Thailand, at its peak. With burning season in full swing, air quality readings in cities like Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Pai have become rather unsettling -- yet not surprising.
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