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Step towards cleaner air
Bangkok Post 01 September 2023
The Administrative Court on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Industry to release data on PM2.5 air pollutants from the nation’s factories by the end of October. The verdict is good news for civic and and environmental groups concerned about PM2.5 who have campaigned for the government to publicly release data on factory pollution from the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR).
Administrative Court Instructs Industry Ministry to Register and Report on PM2.5 Releases from Factories
Bangkok Tribune 29 August 2023
The Central Administrative Court today has ruled in favour of anti-pollution campaigners including EARTH, EnLaw, and Greenpeace, who filed the case against authorities in charge of the matter last year for failing to protect people from PM2.5 hazards despite having the national agenda to address the problem. They include the National Environment Board, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, and the Industry Ministry.
Empowered Locals and Improved Access to Information: Citizen Science Facing Down Toxic Pollution in Thailand
PRESS RELEASE 31 July 2023
BANGKOK/PRAGUE - Over the past four years, non-governmental organizations - EARTH (Thailand) and the Arnika Association (Czechia) - formed a powerful alliance with local communities and citizen scientists to tackle toxic pollution in Thailand.
Thailand Ratifies Global Agreement to End Toxic Waste Trade to Developing Countries
Thailand Called On to Also Ban Imports of Other Problematic Wastes and to Improve Enforcement
PRESS RELEASE | 07 June 2023 - Today, Thailand [joins 102 other countries] in their ratification of the Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal.
World Environmental Day: NGOs Launch Toxic Hot Spots Application to Enhance Public Right-to-Know
Australia quietly reopens plastic waste exports while, UNEP “Turns on the Tap” for burning plastic waste in cement kilns
Policy desperation on the eve of Plastic Treaty negotiations
(20 May 2023) On the eve of the new global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Paris, the Australian Environment Minister has decided to reopen plastic waste exports, after a five-year ban introduced by the previous federal government.
EARTH-ENLAW-Greenpeace Thailand called for accountability and transparency over missing Cesium-137 from Prachin Buri power plant
21 March 2023
Environmental NGOs EARTH, ENLAWTHAI Foundation, and Greenpeace Thailand, released a press statement calling for accountability and transparency from government agencies, after the radioactive material “Cesium-137” went missing from a power plant in Si Maha Phot district, Prachin Buri province.
Court rejects Wax Garbage’s appeal to alleviate sentences
EARTH REPORT 21 February 2023
The Court of Appeal held a hearing on the pollution dispute case between locals of Nampu subdistrict, Ratchaburi province as plaintiffs, against Wax Garbage Recycling Center Company and its owner.
Si Thep Locals Demand Justice to be Enacted Against Toxic Landfill
EARTH REPORT 20 February 2023
Si Thep locals are calling for government agencies to take actions after a landmark court case failed to end impacts from a polluting landfill
All choked up on bad air
Bangkok Post 19 February 2023 | APINYA WIPATAYOTIN
State agencies fighting smog are hamstrung by a lack of tougher laws
''People have a right to live in a clean environment and this is guaranteed under the constitution,'' said Penchom Saetang, director of Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand (EARTH Thailand).
