Thailand’s power supply has a large surplus with installed capacity of 44,000MW and peak demand is 32,000MW, leaving “plenty of room” to trade power to neighbouring countries.
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Thailand’s critically endangered dugongs keep dying
Fishing nets to blame for most of the 21 dugongs so far found dead in Thai waters this year. The reflect about 10 percent of the estimated entire dugong population of the country.
Revised forecast puts Bangkok underwater by 2050
In Thailand, more than 10% of citizens now live on land that is likely to be inundated by 2050, compared with just 1% according to the earlier technique.
Mekong shrivels as drought, dam strangle Southeast Asia’s largest river
The once-mighty Mekong river has been reduced to a thin, grubby neck of water in stretches of northern Thailand – record lows blamed on drought and a recently completed dam far upstream.
Court delays chemical ban ruling
The Administrative Court on Wednesday postponed a ruling on a petition seeking an injunction to suspend the ban on three toxic farm chemicals.
BioGreen-Sate micro-organism may replace toxic paraquat and glyphosate
Micro-organisms may offer an alternative to weed the killers paraquat and glyphosate for farmers, according to Thailand’s Office of Policy and Technology for Sustainable Agriculture.