BANGKOK ~ Al Gore, the Nobel Prize-winning crusader on climate change and global warming , today challenged the United States to commit to producing all of its electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind power in 10 years.
“Our dangerous over-reliance on carbon-based fuels is at the core of all three of these challenges — the [...]
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POLITICIANS and big business in Thailand and in many other countries are promoting the large scale production of biofuels from crops (also known as agrofuels) as a solution to climate change. Well, growing fuel instead of importing it may be good for the country’s balance of payments, but is it good for the environment?
Friends of the Earth, a [...]
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BANGKOK ~ An amazing 300,000 tree species, including beech and mangrove as well as lowland, wetland and highland forest species are expected to be planted in a new 288-hectare park just opened in Bangkok.
Called the Sirindhorn International Environment Park (SIEP), the park also features a regional centre for expertise on education for sustainable development and a [...]
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BANGKOK ~ The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is aware of the need to improve its environmental performance but may not be ready to adopt a green agenda “in the fullest sense”, the director general told Green Assembly in Bangkok last week.
Dr Surin Pitsuwan said that ASEAN is undergoing reconstruction and it is possible [...]
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BANGKOK ~ Asia is lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to being green, with only four Asian countries making it into the top 50 listed by the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
Japan was ranked 21 in the world, followed by Malaysia (26), Taiwan (40) and Sri Lanka (40) according to the [...]
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BANGKOK ~ Toyota Thailand is planning to plant 500,000 trees at its plant in Chachoengsao between now and 2010, and hopes to plant a further 500,000 soon thereafter to become the first company in the Kingdom to plant one million trees.
“With a little help from our friends, we will be starting off with 100,000 seedling trees this [...]
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BANGKOK ~ Greenpeace activists have repeated their call for a halt to the construction of coal-fired power stations to generate electricity in Thailand, saying the burning of coal is not only a serious human health hazard but is also a major contributor to global warming.
In a peaceful protest at the Ministry of Energy (MoE) headquarters in [...]
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BANGKOK ~ Burning coal to generate electricity damages crops, fouls the air, increases global warming, hurts the economy, severely impacts on people’s health and is definitely not the way forward for Thailand or any other country in Asia, a Greenpeace leader said today.
The Greenpeace campaign director for southeast Asia, Mr Shailandra Yashwant, said that Thailand [...]
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BANGKOK ~ PATT (Plant A Tree Today) Foundation’s forest-restoration project in Tha Yang (Phetchaburi), underwent its first tree-planting event on Sunday when school-children, monks, government officers, villagers, PATT and local wildlife centre staff planted 2,500 trees, the first of 50,000 to be planted there by mid 2010.
When it matures, the 20-rai restored forest area will [...]
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BANGKOK ~ Key members of the Thai Senate have called for an immediate halt to construction of a Belgian-owned coal plant in Rayong Province, according to a statement issued by Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
Representatives of the Natural Resource and Environment Commission and the Sub-Commission on Good Governance of the Senate, have cited violation of environmental impact [...]
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