President Ali displayed good reasoning in his speech last Sunday on World Environment Day. He correctly makes the point that the developed countries are unfair in using the environment to want us to not exploit our resources, while they renege on what they owe the present population of the Earth for the environment they have…
…Energy Technologist tells EPA solar should be pursued instead of gas-to-shore projectKaieteur News – The associated gas from oil production should be reinjected to save Guyana from further damage to the environment. This is the view of Former University of Guyana (UG) Lecturer and past representative of the Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI), Mr. Alfred…
Dear EPA, My submission on the EIA for the EEPGL Gas to Energy project is prompted by project manager Mr Friedrich Crispin’s justification of it as an alternative source of energy during the presentation of the EIA at the Leonora Technical Institute on Friday May 13, 2022, and on S4(1) of the Environmental Protection Act…
A month ago, a letter writer in the Guyana Chronicle made false claims upon which he accused me and other members of civil society of being treasonous and betraying the country. I enclose the link to that letter (see below writer’s name), which was also published in the Guyana Times. I wrote a response, which…
The hidden costs of the gas-to-power projects are slowly bubbling up: GPL has to find 50 MW of heavy fuel oil generation; and they are looking for some other company to deliver seamless connections without transmission and distribution problems. GPL is caught in an inefficiency trap, because it still only aims to deliver electricity at…
At the beginning of the Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) Stakeholder meeting 10 am on Friday Feb 12, 2021, CEO Alistair Routledge said they wanted to be transparent and accountable. And they took the trouble to invite Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI), of which I was an executive member. Later in the meeting…
To: The Guyana Times Dear Editor, Your letter writer Robin Singh either cannot comprehend the language used by concerned members of civil society, or he is pretending to be environmentalist, for he accuses us of the following [in GT 2022-04-04]: “To ask Barbadian PM Mia Mottley to shut down the oil-and-gas sector before it delivers…
President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali said, “The people of this country went to a poll, and they have placed their confidence in a president, in a government. Are you saying that after the people have placed that confidence that we don’t have the right or we can’t be trusted to name people on a board?” https://dpi.gov.gy/everything-in-sovereign-wealth-fund-will-have-parliamentary-oversight-president-ali/
The Government recently paid for full-colour, double-page spreads in the daily newspapers touting the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) for powering Guyana’s future. The topmost justification is the Norconsult 2016 report on AFHP, which states, “The only realistic path for Guyana toward an emission free electricity sector is by developing its hydropower potential. The fastest…
I attended the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) presentation of the Yellowtail Development Project held Monday Nov 1, 2021, at the Leonora Technical Institute (LTI). The presenters were very cordial and courteous in their presentations and answers to questions. The EIA itself was published in 3 volumes on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website, and its…
