Dear Editor, I hope that Joel Bhagwandin knows that plants/trees convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into leaves and wood and roots, and also respire carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere as they generate their energy for survival and growth; see his letter ‘The sale of carbon credits to offset carbon emissions does not breach the Amerindian…
Dear Editor I support the statements of the Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) which you reported on 28 June (‘Upper Mazaruni council restates that carbon trading consultations defective’). Any Amerindian Village Council can agree to dispose of natural resources of the titled Amerindian Village Lands only through compliance with sections 13, 14, 34 and 44…
Kaieteur News – Pre-pandemic statistics available for 10 Caribbean islands that can be affected by a devastating spill in the Stabroek Block shows that Guyana would have to foot costs of over US$20 Billion a year for affecting the beaches these countries rely largely on for tourism. This point was shared by activist, Janette Bulkhan in…
Our angelic lawyers and appellate judges are debating in medieval terms whether ‘assurance’ or ‘insurance’ or ‘full liability coverage’ or ‘complete indemnity’ can all sit on the head of a pin. Meanwhile, let us consider why we need such security instruments. Since the PEMEX oil spill at the Ixtoc-I well in the Gulf of Campeche…
Dear Editor,Your editorial of 24 May (Mahdia tragedy, https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/05/24/opinion/editorial/mahdia-tragedy/) on the horrific deaths of 19 children in a dormitory fire on Sunday night (and other children who are seriously burnt, all the children scarred for life) reminded us of the government’s serial failures to learn from the earlier deaths of three schoolgirls in Waramadong Secondary School…
I write to comment on one issue in your well-argued Editorial titled ‘Hess’ carbon offset deal’ which begins: ‘You have to give it to Bharrat Jagdeo. He has been trying to “sell” Guyana’s rainforest since the early 2000s going around the world saying if you don’t buy our trees they may have to be chopped…
Please allow me to respond to ExxonMobil Guyana’s Media Advisor, Kwesi Isles, who you quoted in your article ‘Surveys in Demerara River approved by EPA for pipeline works – Exxon’ in KN on March 01, 2023. I appreciate that the capital-intensive nature of the petroleum sector forces a ‘hurry, hurry’ approach, exacerbated in Guyana by…
Has anyone asked the fish or fishermen? MARAD notice number 30 (2023) published on February 24 is for 8 months of geotechnical and geophysical surveying in the vicinity of the Demerara Main Ship Channel near Plantation Best and covering 70 square nautical miles. MARAD notice number 31 (2023) published on February 22 is for 5…
The Department of Public Information has distributed several articles in the last few days in mid-February 2023 about the jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits (33.47 million tonnes of CO2e) awarded by Winrock/ART/TREES to the Government of Guyana on 01 December 2022 and sold immediately to the oil company Hess Corporation (USA). Winrock has failed to respond…
I noted with interest the use of taxpayers’ money by the Department of Environment and Climate Change for a full-page advertisement in the Stabroek News, ‘Erroneous forest carbon analysis by Dr Janette Bulkan’, (06 January 2023). This undated ‘public release’ advertisement addresses only 4 of the points made in the SN Daily Feature ‘Jurisdictional forest-based…
