On 01 December 2022, Winrock/ART (Architecture for REDD+ Transactions) announced that it has issued 33.47 million jurisdictional carbon credits to Guyana, representing saved carbon in the forests of Guyana. Closely following the Winrock/ ART announcement, the Hess Corporation oil company (30 per cent co-venturer in the offshore Stabroek Block, and so a co-generator of huge…
The impact assessment of the cumulative effects for Exxon’s planned 35 Multiwell Exploration and Appraisal (E&A) Drilling Programme should fill major gaps of the four existing EIAs including a much more detailed study of the marine environment than was previously done, says environmentalist Janette Bulkan. On July 19th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that…
I am responding to your article ‘EPA says impact study needed of new proposed Exxon drilling programme in Stabroek Block – cites possible cumulative effect’ (SN 18 July 2022). In this article you state, “`With respect to fishery operations there are no impacts that are anticipated due to the distance of the project location and…
Thank you for securing information from NRG Holdings Ltd. (SN 19 July 2022, ‘Extensive consultations’ held with fisherfolk prior to Demerara dredging activities – NRG Holdings). I wonder if the sheer amount of mud to be dredged and dumped onto their traditional fishing grounds was explained by the company during the focus group meetings and…
I have not noticed any comments in the local Press on MARAD Notice to Mariners number 113 (2022) dated June 28, 2022. This Notice defines a sea area of 119 square kilometres offshore from Plantation Best where the biggest of the oil field shore bases is being constructed, which will be deep-dredged up to the end…
We learn from the Department of Public Information that in the 2022 national budget $1.4 billion of public funds were allocated to deal with the stench and other management issues at the Haags Bosch landfill located at Eccles. Further, that more than 450 tonnes of waste per day are dumped in ‘Cell one’ and ‘currently,…
