Pollution
Pollution news in Thailand, including air quality, environmental concerns, and government measures.
- Environment News
Thai PM issues warning to drivers of polluting vehicles
PHOTO: Chiang Rai Times PM General Prayut Chan-o-cha says those…
- Environment News
Bangkok’s blue skies return, but light smog lingers
PHOTO: Prae Sakaowan The air pollution situation around Bangkok has…
- Environment News
Smog continues to blanket Bangkok and surround provinces
Bangkok and surrounding provinces remain cloaked in dust and smog…
- Environment News
Solving Thailand’s smoke haze problems. “Use shorter or smaller joss-sticks.”
Just checking that it’s actually October 1, not April 1……
- Environment News
Thai PM orders anti-pollution measures for smoggy Bangkok
PHOTO: Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE The Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is ordering…
- Environment News
Bangkok sewage water home to all sorts
PHOTO: Sanook You never know what you’ll find in the…
- World News
Officials hand out face masks whilst southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore choke
The annual haze from intentionally lit forest fires in Indonesia…
- World News
Malaysia demands Indonesia acts on smog-belching fires
“An official in Sarawak state on Borneo is demanding Indonesia…
- World News
Indonesia’s forest fires causing air pollution in southern Thailand
Residents in Thailand’s southern provinces of Songkhla and Satun are…
- Politics News
Government spokeswoman says sorry after posting photo of PM eating from plastic container
PHOTO: Scmp.com Thai PBS World reports that a government spokeswoman…
- Environment News
Thailand Prime Minister rejects calls to ban plastic bags
PHOTO: Chiang Rai Times In what some may see as…
- World News
ASEAN commit to eliminating marine plastic
“At present, four ASEAN members are the world’s top ocean…
- Environment News
Cha-Am blackwater flowing into the beach is “natural in origin” – District Chief
PHOTOS: Daily News The Cha-Am district chief and a posse…
- Environment News
Thailand: Paradise Lost? Part 1.
by guest blogger Kent Bowie Thailand has seen rampant tourist…
- Pattaya News
The magic disappearing murky and muddy waters of Pattaya’s Jomtien Beach
PHOTOS: Pattaya Message Officials from Chon Buri Municipality says there…
- Northern Thailand News
Thai government desperately needs a ‘clean air act’
by Pratch Rujivanarom Environment campaigners are urging the government to…
- Northern Thailand News
Northern Thailand suffers whilst officials play the blame game
Excerpts from an article at ttrweekly.com Inflicting immeasurable damage to…
- Environment News
Forest fires very close to a revered shrine in Mae Hong Son
Fires continue to rage in the northwestern province of Mae…
- Northern Thailand News
“Toxic air pollution shortens children’s lives by 20 months”
In the wake of the PM’s visit to Chiang Mai…
- Northern Thailand News
Big farm companies causing the smoke problems in the north
by Chularat Saengpassa, Sakaorat Sirima Experts see little changing, even after…
- Northern Thailand News
Study: Psychosis in teens linked to air pollution
“One of the most consistent findings over the past few…
- Environment News
Chiang Mai ‘s tourism holds up despite smoke and smog
by Siriarpa Kamjan, ttgasia.com Chiang Mai’s current poor air quality…
- Environment News
Hazardous: Chiang Mai again leads the world in air pollution
Chiang Mai is back on top of the world’s list…
- Northern Thailand News
Northern haze to go onto ‘national agenda’
by Chularat Saengpassa – PHOTOS: The Nation Flights cancelled, schools closed,…
- Environment News
Chiang Mai kids are demanding action on air pollution
PHOTOS: Facebook / Pharadon Phonamnua Children and their parents in Chiang…
- Northern Thailand News
Air pollution: Cabinet asked to allocate 6 billion baht to help buy sugarcane harvesters
Thailand’s Finance Ministry was asking cabinet for approval of a…
- Environment News
“Close down the schools” – Chiang Mai University academic
PHOTO: Measuring the PM2.5 particles and pollution from public transport…
- Northern Thailand News
North-east wallows in heavy air pollution, Bangkok improves
Bangkok has had a respite in the past week from…
- Bangkok News
Bangkok smog: Sunday awakes to another day of ‘unhealthy’ air in the capital
As promised, Bangkok and the central region have been battling…
- Bangkok News
Bangkok’s air-pollution alarming, rain-making being considered
PHOTO: An eerie start to Sunday in Bangkok – The…
