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Floating solar farm crests new wave
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/03/2018
» RAYONG: A giant pond inside SCG Chemicals' plant at Rayong's Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate was originally developed to deal with a water shortage crisis that crippled production in 2007. The 20-rai pond, equivalent to about 10 football fields, has become an experimental site and the country's first floating solar farm.
Govt outlines EEC environmental goals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/03/2018
» Environmental problems along the Eastern Seaboard could worsen after the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) -- the government's pet industrial development project -- comes online, according to Environment Minister Gen Surasak Kanjanarat.
City pollution at 'national disaster' level
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/03/2018
» Bangkok must upgrade its ultra-fine dust pollution problem to "national disaster" level in order to strengthen protections against its far-reaching health impacts, ranging from heart and brain disorders to cancer.
Pollution Control Department pledges desalination standards
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/04/2018
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has announced the country's first quality standards for water discharged during the desalination process.
Death penalty soon to end 'in practice'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2018
» Thailand will be one step closer to becoming a country that is no longer considered to have capital punishment next year, according to a definition which adopts a 10-year period for declaring a country execution-free in practice, says Amnesty International Thailand.
New court to assess crimes against nature
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/04/2018
» The country's first environmental court will have to calculate the financial losses for crimes that are committed against nature when it opens in 2022, according to Buntoon Srethasirote, a spokesman for the National Reform Committee for Natural Resources and the Environment.
Plan to capture 'big data' on greenhouse emissions
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/04/2018
» In a bid to reduce greenhouse emissions, the environmental ministry will launch a Thailand Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory system (TGEIS) to capture big data for greenhouse gases management.
Low-cost Hep C cure showing good results
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/05/2018
» The first phase of clinical tests for an affordable Hepatitis C treatment has yielded a high cure rate, according to the Department of Disease Control.
New agency ready for rainy season
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/05/2018
» Thailand has now entered the rainy season from now until October. For the authorities, it is a challenging period because they need to take care of water management with the utmost care; providing enough water for farmers while simultaneously dealing with torrential downpours and the flooding they cause. Failing to strike the right balance can lead to catastrophes such as the epic flooding of 2011. That year, the authorities had stored too much water in reservoirs for farming and unusually heavy rainfall led to overflows and inundation.
Dengue may be more fatal for adults, dept cautions
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/06/2018
» The Disease Control Department has warned adults to beware of dengue fever as they are more at risk of dying from it than younger people.