June 2025

Let’s see if Section 28 of Oil Spill Bill is suit of armour or a fig leaf

News EditorJune 4, 202506 mins

Now that the President has assented to the Oil Spill Bill against all sound advice, including that of the Oil & Gas Governance Network (OGGN), we must not succumb to the consequences without asking for the surety, which I rate as the unspoken defence the Government thinks they have if they are taken to court….

Use comprehensive Environmental Protection Act instead of highly defective Oil Spill Bill

News EditorJune 1, 2025June 4, 202508 mins

The Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) supports the broad spread of objections to the highly defective Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill, passed narrowly by the National Assembly of Guyana on 16 May 2025, but not yet given Presidential assent. This broad spread includes at least the following protests published in the daily…

Let’s see if Section 28 of Oil Spill Bill is suit of armour or a fig leaf

Use comprehensive Environmental Protection Act instead of highly defective Oil Spill Bill

Ready to debate Nandlall

The Oil Spill Bill – Unfit for presidential assent

Oil Talk with OGGN Guyana Episode #49: Lessons from the past? GAIBANK, The Bureau of Statistics, and University of Guyana

I strongly support Ms Janki’s appeal to withhold assent to oil spill prevention bill

Let’s see if Section 28 of Oil Spill Bill is suit of armour or a fig leaf

Use comprehensive Environmental Protection Act instead of highly defective Oil Spill Bill