Category: Gas to Shore
A Crucian Parable
By David Bond St. Croix stands at a crucible. For 50 years, a massive oil refinery underwrote economic development on this US territory in the Caribbean before the plant closed abruptly in 2012 to avoid facing up to its environmental legacy. Today, the negative ecologies of fossil fuels —whether in a legacy of toxic pollution...
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Gas to Energy Project: Let us practice our constitutional and democratic duty
Gas to Energy Project: Let us practice our constitutional and democratic duty This “In The Diaspora” article describes how the Guyana Constitution with 2003 Amendments and the Environmental Protection Act of 1996 address the oil and gas sector, and provides recommendations for how, as Guyanese, we can use them to safeguard a healthy environment and...
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The Gas to Energy Project: More questions than answers?
By Alfred Bhulai, Janette Bulkan, Jocelyn Dow, Danuta Radzik, Vanda Radzik, Troy Thomas, Maya Trotz The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Public Notice on June 25, 2021 stating that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was required for the “Gas to Energy Project” led by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL). EEPGL is a...
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No, Natural Gas Power Plants Are Not Clean
By Mark Specht – Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst You may have heard that natural gas is “clean.” Compared to coal, natural gas produces less global warming emissions and air pollution. But coal is just about the dirtiest way to produce electricity, so almost anything will seem cleaner in comparison. The fact of the matter...
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