A fisher offloads gear in front of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operated by state-owned energy company PTT Public Company Limited at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port in Rayong province, Thailand, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Once completed, the Burapa power plant will receive natural gas via pipeline from a terminal at the port. Image by Andy Ball for Mongabay.

Thai farmers fear water woes from planned LNG plant

PHANOM SARAKHAM, Thailand — On a December afternoon, Suphut Hom Chunthit and his wife were tending to their 12 durian trees. Suphut showed reporters his homemade irrigation system, a series of pipes carrying water from the nearby Yang Deng canal. The durian trees were in their fourth year, Suphut said, so they should fruit and … Continue reading Thai farmers fear water woes from planned LNG plant

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