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Govt to give 10k rai of farmland to poor
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/11/2014
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources will allocate 10,000 rai of land to poor families in Nakhon Si Thammarat province for farming in the next few months.
Egat says more coal-fired power plants needed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/11/2014
» The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has confirmed Thailand will have to build more coal-fired power plants to meet its energy needs since future supplies of natural gas are uncertain and renewable energy is expensive.
Pollution Dept wants cut in B9bn penalty
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/11/2014
» The Department of Pollution Control will ask NVPSKG to reduce the 9.1 billion baht in compensation ordered by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) for the Klong Dan waste-water project.
Water dept backs river basin project
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/11/2014
» The Department of Water Resources threw its support behind the Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation's proposal yesterday to develop water sources in the Sakae Krang River basin instead of the Mae Wong dam project in Nakhon Sawan province.
Dual-track railways divide experts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/11/2014
» A leading Federation of Thai Industries member has urged the government to provide full details of its dual-track railroad project designed to benefit cargo transport.
DNP presses on with crackdown
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/11/2014
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has refused to suspend its forest encroachment crackdown over the peak tourist season.
Govt waits out Ongkharak nuclear reactor project row
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/12/2014
» Science and Technology Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj has distanced himself from the ministry's long-delayed Ongkharak nuclear research reactor project in Nakhon Nayok, saying he would not invest any money in the facility until a legal conflict is resolved.
Cites chief wants ivory-crackdown results
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/12/2014
» The secretary-general of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) expressed his satisfaction Wednesday with Thailand's National Ivory Action Plan (Niap).
Tackling electronic waste menace
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/12/2014
» Thailand is in urgent need of a new law to enter the new age of waste management as the amount of electronic waste entering landfills and being dumped on public land threatens public health and the environment, activists say.
Building coal plants 'negates' pollution cut targets
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/12/2014
» Environmentalists believe Thailand will struggle to reach a targeted 7% cut in greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) by 2020 if more coal-fired power plants are built.