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Bangkok Post 26 August 2016

PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC) and its former president Bowon Vongsinudom have been ordered by the Civil Court to pay financial compensation to 203 people affected by the July 27, 2013 oil spill in Rayong.  The spill caused damage to several beaches and the overall environment in the province.

The Canadian Press 25 August 2016 | Morgan Lowrie

ASBESTOS, Que. - To residents of Asbestos, Que., the once-mighty Jeffrey mine that gave the town its identity is known simply as "the hole."

But almost five years after Canada's largest asbestos mine stopped producing the controversial fibre, Asbestos is looking to move on from the industry that supported it for more than a century.

The Nation 25 August 2016 | Pratch Rujivanarom

CONSTRUCTION of the Thepa coal-fired power plant is set to begin in the second quarter of next year, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said, even though many locals have refused to sell their land despite facing threats.

Eight groups site the agency for its lack of attention to a crisis affecting an estimated 37.1 million homes.

Color Lines 24 August 2016 | Yessenia Funes

Flint, Michigan brought national attention to the U.S. lead crisis, yet a lawsuit filed today (August 24) in the U.S. Court of Appeals reminds that water is not the only place where lead can be found in homes.

Bangkok Post 22 August 2016 | Jumphol Nikomruk

RAYONG -- A wastewater tank exploded and started a fire inside the factory of PTT Phenol Co in the Hemaraj Eastern Industrial Estate, Muang district, early on Monday. Pol Lt Maitree Pakul, the duty officer at Map Ta Phut police station, said the incident occurred about 2.17am. A 537 cubic metre tank containing wastewater contaminated with hydrocarbon exploded and caught fire. The fire spread quickly, sending a foul smell throughout the factory, which produces phenol and acetone.

10 August 2016 - Prague | Press Releases

Popular soft summer drinks - regardless whether it is a raspberry-flavoured lemonade, ice coffee or mojito - may become "more heavy" when we drink it. However, the culprits are not the drinks themselves, but the glasses that very often contain toxic heavy metals in colour prints. Arnika​, within the framework of the Let's Eat Toxics Free campaign, analysed several dozens of printed glasses. About two thirds of them contained high concentrations of lead and cadmium.

Prachatai 03 August 2016

More than a dozen of civil society groups have urged the Thai authorities not the pass the new Mining Bill, saying that while deregulating red tapes for mining businesses, the bill will do more harm than good to the society.

Khon Rak Baan Koed Group (KRBK), anti-mine activist group comprise residents of six villages of Wang Saphung District of the northeastern province of Loei, the Assembly of NGOs for the Protection and Conservation of Environment and Natural Resources (ANPCENR) and 27 other civil society groups on Tuesday, 2 August 2016, submitted a joint petition to Surachai Liengboonlertchai, Deputy Head of the National Legislative Assembly

National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) 03 August 2016 | Kitti Cheevasittiyanon, Rodney McNeil

Representatives of several civic groups have presented a joint petition to the National Legislative Assembly to oppose the planned amendment of the law governing the mining business in the country.

The Nation 29 July 2016  By CHAMNAN CHAIEUA

THE Department of Industrial Works decided to send more than 190 tonnes of electronic waste back to Japan yesterday, after seven containers of hazardous waste was seized two years ago.

Sukda Punkla, deputy permanent secretary of the Industry Ministry, led a ceremony in which smuggled electronic waste would be shipped back to Japan after it was listed as dangerous under the Hazardous Materials Act, which requires importers to seek permission from authorities before bringing it into the country.

Bangkok Post 17 July 2016

Writer: Suthiwit Chayutworakan & Penchan Charoensuthipan

Residents affected by potentially hazardous smoke from fires at the Praeksa landfill dump in Samut Prakan two years ago have each received 3,000 baht in compensation from the dump owner following a settlement.