pollution control

Fourteen air pollution control measures, if implemented today, could not only slow the pace of global warming, according to an intensive study by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), but also improve health and boost agricultural productivity. All regions of the world would benefit as a result, NASA found, but the biggest health and agricultural gains would be realized in Asia and the Middle East as a result of greenhouse (GHG) emissions reductions.

The committee, chaired by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry's permanent
secretary Chote Trachoo, will choose between the two options on ore tailings management,
according to Pollution Control Department chief Supat Wangwongwattana. The first option is to transport the ore tailings from the old mining site to a privately-run hazardous waste management site in the neighbouring Ratchaburi province. The second option is to create a standard ore tailings storage site in the same place, he said.

An 18.6-billion-baht plan to help clean up pollution in the Map Ta Phut area from 2011-14 should be continued for the sake of the environmental health of local communities, says the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB). The plan entails a series of projects for the pollution control zone of the industrial area in Rayong province, with investment by the public and private sectors, as well as non-governmental organisations.

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