Category: Thailand
Villagers slam EIA report on Yuam water project
A group of ethnic villagers who oppose a plan to divert water from the Yuam River to Bhumibol dam is planning to submit a protest letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. They say the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report lacks transparency and the project will have detrimental effects on their livelihood.
TAT signs MoU on carbon-neutral tourism
Under the MoU directives, eight partner organisations are committed to achieving specific goals relating to net-zero carbon tourism. Partners in the project come from three ministries – Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, as well the private sector.
NEB backs EIA on river diversion
The National Environment Board approved an Environment Impact Assessment study allowing a major water diversion from the Yuam River to Bhumibol dam, despite opposition from environmental activists.
CKP moves forward with Luang Prabang dam
Thailand’s CK Power Plc (CKP), a power generation arm of CH Karnchang Plc, is going ahead with its feasibility study to build a hydroelectric power plant near Luang Prabang on the Mekong River in northern Laos. The study will be conducted alongside negotiations over a power tariff rate with the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, which will be a power buyer.
Thai Plastic Footprint Reduction Project identifies changes for reducing marine plastic pollution
Implementation of this project involved plastic footprint measurement training for members of the partner organizations and each partner organization conducting a survey of their plastic footprint to identify baseline plastic footprints and areas for action.
Peak to be Unesco reserve
Doi Chiang Dao is located in Ban Pang Ma-O in Chiang Dao district which is part of the upper Ping River basin where its ecosystem has been protected by the Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary for four decades. The area is also diverse in ethnic groups with Tai Yai, Hmong, Lahu, Lishu and Paganyaw, including Lanna culture.
Government urged to tackle northeast’s water supply issue
Farms in the Northeastern Economic Corridor depend on good water supplies, however officials suggest that in the first phase of the development, needs to focus first on the logistics industry because the regional infrastructure including double-track rails, motorways, and the Sino-Thai high-speed train project linking Bangkok and Nong Khai, have made a lot of progress.
Super looks to carbon credits for revenue
The small power producer hybrid project, scheduled to operate in October next year, has an installed power generation capacity of 49 megawatts from an on-ground solar farm, with back-up power from a 1MW biogas-fired power plant and a 136MW-hour energy storage system.
Thailand’s going electric still a remote prospect
This price range is only accessible to about 1% of the population. If the price of an EV car remains exorbitant and unaffordable for most. At this rate, the goal of seeing everyone driving EVs by 2035 will never materialise.