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Govt must listen to the people over Mae Wong dam
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/09/2013
» Early one morning in 1990, conservationist Seub Nakhasathien shot himself dead in his office in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.
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New illegal waste laws are unnecessary
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/03/2014
» Maybe I am too pessimistic, but I was quite disappointed when I heard the Natural Resources and Environment Minister Vichet Kasemthongsri saying on Tuesday that he would push forward a bill for more efficient industrial waste management.
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To save forests, protect their guardians
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/04/2014
» While forest authorities have failed miserably to protect land from big money and corruption, they have made indigenous forest dwellers the scapegoats of deforestation, despite the fact that these people have been living on this land for generations.
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Mining industry thugs must be stopped
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/06/2014
» A six-hour-long attack by 300 armed henchmen in the middle of the night on May 15 left protesters in Loei’s Wang Saphung district despairing at the total failure of the state to protect citizens fighting against pollution from the mining industry.
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Regime must heed South energy worries
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/08/2014
» The arrests of energy reform activists from the South during their march to Bangkok highlights the junta’s desire to stop public protests under martial law. But it also shows the regime’s support for industrial development in the face of locals' struggles to protect the environment, the source of their livelihoods.
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Fossil fuel habit puts energy future at risk
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/02/2015
» The discovery of the first commercial natural gas field in the Gulf of Thailand in 1981 was hailed as a milestone that would propel Thailand to economic prosperity.
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Rich country, poor country blame game must stop
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/12/2015
» Just like the previous climate conferences, the Paris forum -- known as COP21 -- is stuck on the typical issues of how to manage the obligations of rich and poor countries to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and channel climate finances.
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Media must be wary of losing its voice
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 31/03/2017
» Looking at the blank screen that has replaced Voice TV's programmes makes me feel like I've taken a time machine back to the day the military took power in 2014, when every channel was temporarily washed over with military logos.
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Buying tanks won't get us to Thailand 4.0
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 07/04/2017
» Finally, the Thai army is to get 10 Chinese made VT-4 tanks worth over two billion baht.
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Memorial goes missing, twists history
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/04/2017
» Querying the whereabouts of the missing 1932 Revolution memorial plaque can now land you in trouble as the state has urged us not to do so for the sake of "national reconciliation".
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