Jan 16, 2023
– while 5th still pending Kaieteur News – US oil major ExxonMobil has commenced the application process seeking environmental permission for its sixth oil project in the offshore Stabroek Block. The company has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Whiptail development which was announced in July of 2021. EPA’s Chief...
Jan 09, 2023
Kaieteur News – We thought that the people at Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would have learned a sharp, embarrassing lesson in the matter of Schlumberger and the waiving of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The Court came down hard on the EPA, and the thinking was that amends would be made going forward, that...
Jan 09, 2023
Kaieteur News – The decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt government’s 300 megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant from a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) shows a pattern of continued negligence by the government, towards the environment and health of its citizens. This is the position of Dr. Vincent Adams, a Petroleum Engineer...
Jan 09, 2023
Kaieteur News – Acorn International, ExxonMobil’s new Consultant has completed and submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the fifth offshore oil project, the Uaru development in the Stabroek Block. The 3,178 paged document that contains four volumes of data, points out the dangers associated with the oil project, actions for mitigation and background on...
Jan 06, 2023
Nov 07, 2022
Batteries are the most expensive part of a solar system. Between an appropriately-size battery bank and a battery-based
Nov 07, 2022
Batteries are the most expensive part of a solar system. Between an appropriately-size battery bank and a battery-based
Oct 27, 2022
Experts say crude oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania will produce 25 times host nations’ combined annual emissions. An oil pipeline under construction in east Africa will produce vast amounts of carbon dioxide, according to new analysis. The project will result in 379m tonnes of climate-heating pollution, according to an expert assessment, more than 25...
Oct 27, 2022
Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits. —by Damian Carrington Environment editor Read full story.
Oct 27, 2022
Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits The climate crisis has reached a “really bleak moment”, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has said, after a slew of major reports laid bare how close the planet is to catastrophe. —by...
