"Earth Day"

The search for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Thailand has surged by 357 per cent over the past year, Google Maps announced on Thursday.

Fifty years ago, flames sprang from the oil-slicked surface of a Cleveland river. Smog choked Los Angeles. Pesticides silenced millions of insects and birds. Oil gushed from a busted well off California, swamping anything that lived in the ocean.

IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, a patch of plastic trash almost 10 kilometres long was seen floating off the coast of the Gulf of Thailand in Chumpon province, prompting a wake-up call about the plastic pollution problem which has become increasingly serious in recent years.

SINGLE-USE plastic is being seen as a major threat to Mother Earth this Earth Day, while environmental group Greenpeace has suggested a tax on plastic production to cut down Thailand’s high rate of plastic waste generation.

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged people to seriously help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged people to seriously help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

Radisson BLU Plaza Bangkok is signaling its stance on global climate change, by standing in solidarity with the global climate change movement, Earth Hour, which is designed to raise awareness of the need for action on global climate change.