Nov 13, 2022
Dear Editor, This Letter “A Fair Deal for Guyana – A Fair Deal for the Planet”, was sent to President Irfaan Ali by 45 Guyanese on Friday, November 11, to coincide with the UN Climate Summit, COP27, being held in Egypt. We wish his government success at COP 27 in Egypt in fulfilling his constitutional...
Oct 16, 2022
Just over a dozen citizens on Friday picketed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its non-response to a letter raising several concerns with its handling of the oil and gas sector. The letter, signed by 54 citizens and dispatched to both the EPA and Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) on August 29, called for the bodies...
Oct 15, 2022
By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – A group of public-spirited citizens on Friday joined forces to picket the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s), Ganges Street, Georgetown Head Office after the body, which is mandated by law to protect the environment and its inhabitants, failed to respond to a letter which embodied the concerns of over 50...
Sep 24, 2022
Batteries are the most expensive part of a solar system. Between an appropriately-size battery bank and a battery-based
Sep 01, 2022
Kaieteur News – By Davina Bagot – environmentalists tell EPA; want list of companies transporting hazardous waste Kaieteur News – A total of 54 citizens have lashed out against Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to carry out its functions. Dr. Maya Trotz The deficiency, according to the activists, comes as a result of...
Jul 26, 2022
By Laurel Sutherland -residents castigate company, demand EIA Houston residents were yesterday told that Schlumberger Guyana Inc cannot go back in time to conduct an impact survey for its storage and calibration facility with radioactive sources as the process for an Environmental Assessment and Management Plan (EAMP) has now gotten underway. “Unfortunately, we cannot go...
Jul 11, 2022
By Penelope Howell Penelope (Penny) Howell is a trained teacher, and a community activist, and hails from Coverden. Her husband Timothy is from Barbados. They are the proud parents of one son – Matthew Howell. Editor’s Note: Last week residents of Coverden appeared before the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB). This is the fourth time they...
Jun 14, 2022
Kaieteur News – It appears as though United States oil major, ExxonMobil will be creating and adhering to its own standards in the development of the gas sector, as it has been doing with the ongoing oil operations, in the absence of sound regulations and guidelines. Attorney-at-Law, Elizabeth Deane-Hughes in a recent interview with Kaieteur...
May 23, 2022
By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity. Despite this, over three decades, we have built an organisation that advocates and organises with women, beginning with grassroots women, to cross divides and transform our conditions. Red Thread runs the Cora Belle and...
Apr 26, 2022
By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity. Despite this, over three decades, we have built an organisation that advocates and organises with women, beginning with grassroots women, to cross divides and transform our conditions. Red Thread runs the Cora Belle and...