Just over a dozen citizens on Friday picketed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its non-response to a letter raising several concerns with its handling of the oil and gas sector.

The letter, signed by 54 citizens and dispatched to both the EPA and Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) on August 29, called for the bodies to be more compliant with the Environmental Protection Act. Additionally, it called the EPA to better assess projects in the oil and gas sector as well as make the relevant information accessible to the public.

At the picketing exercise, the citizens brandished a number of placards calling on the EPA “monitor and enforce the Environmental Protection Act” as well as “stop waiving EIAs for oil and gas toxic waste facilities.”

Original link posted by Stabroek News on October 16, 2022.