Initially there may be measures to reduce the use of trucks and general vehicles on streets. Some measures may affect people and cause inconveniences. We must...
As PM2.5 levels tend to be around 50 µg/m³, considered the highest allowable level in Thailand. All concerned agencies begin stepping up screening for sources of...
Thick, unhealthy haze continues to plague much of the North, with reports that Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai is now being effected. PM2.5 levels there...
Sugarcane growers in this central Thailand have been seen burning their fields at night despite authorities’ ban on the practice to curb haze. Farmers say burning...
Department Director-General Jirut Visarnchit said inspectors are regularly screening black smoke emitted by trucks and buses on daily basis.
Customers at big department stores are saying no to plastic bags. Above all due to their growing awareness about how harmful they are to the environment,...
Yet recycling does save energy. Making soda cans from recycled aluminum requires 95% less energy than mining and using raw ore. Recycling also helps keep toxic...
The plan seeks to limit the number of hotspots to under 50,000 region-wide by 2020. It will also focus on information sharing and technology assistance to...
An autopsy found seven kilograms of plastic waste and underwear in its stomach. The waste included numerous coffee and instant noodle packets, plastic bags, rubber gloves,...
The checks are in accordance with Chiang Mai’s measure to reduce PM 2.5 levels and to reduce amounts of black smoke from public transport. Also to...
As the noxious toxic haze settled over Bangkok, many residents fished out masks from drawers and went about their business.
The US-Thai youngster started campaigning at the age of eight after a seaside vacation in southern Thailand. She was horrified by a beach covered in rubbish...
BANGKOK – Disposable plastic bottles remain a major environmental threat to the planet, especially as Thailand is the world’s sixth biggest contributor of ocean waste. However...
CHONBURI – Electronic waste (e-waste) from China and western countries is flooding into Thailand’s eastern seaboard, sparking fears of air and water pollution. Global e-waste markets...
BANGKOK – Thailand is already struggling to cope with the environmental impact of a tourism boom that’s expected to lure 40 million visitors this year. The...
BANGKOK – Greenpeace Southeast Asia and other environmentalists have called on Asean member states to go beyond a narrow focus in solving the problem of marine...
BANGKOK – “Ending Plastic Pollution” has been set as the theme for World Environment Day on June 5, but Thailand is falling behind Asian and European...
CHIANG RAI – Although it was the last day of the ban on outdoor burning ban in nine northern provinces on Tuesday, multiple forest fires continued...
CHIANG RAI – Despite rains in many northern and northeastern areas, the forest fire and haze situation has remained unsolved, such as the fire at the...
BANGKOK – Speaking after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Gen Prayut said the bush fires and haze in the northern provinces have diminished, though the situation...