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In a potentially valuable boost to fighting climate change, rich and poor countries are close to an agreement to end the destruction of the world's forests in 20 years, government negotiators said. It depends, however, on whether consensus on an...

Public support for alternative energy is growing, a new survey taken in the greater Bangkok area shows. Of 1,016 people surveyed by Rajabhat Suan Dusit University, 27.67 per cent wanted the government to increase funding for research and development of...

And a person who says he always does the right thing in life can also, under certain circumstances, do evil. Just when you think you are doing a good deed, your action may actually be hurting others: that was the...

It should take no more than 45 days for private or public projects to win approval for their health-impact assessments under National Health Commission (NHC) guidelines, an expert said yesterday. An HIA, separate from an environmental-impact assessment (EIA), is required...

PTT PCL, Thailand's top energy firm, said on Wednesday its sixth gas separation plant would start operations in early 2010 as planned after a court ruling in favour of the group. The plant, which will produce liquefied petroleum gas, would...

Seree Denworalak, president of the Thai Tapioca Trade Association, said yesterday. Importing countries would also turn to other crops, as Thai cassava would be too expensive. Seree called for the government to tackle the insect infestation in cassava plantations.

They might have the grasp of what climate change is, but a few might realized how it came about or what contributed to it...The world has overtly become addicted to fossil fuels in the past century to meet the demands...

Hundreds of climate activists swarmed down a hill toward Britain’s largest coal-burning power plant Oct. 17 with the intention of shutting it down. Within minutes, dozens had broken through the perimeter fence, erected specifically for this protest, and entered the...