Kaieteur News – – Govt. pledges US$520M for Power Plant – Budget 2022 Although the gas-to-shore project was first touted as a US$900M project inclusive of a gas pipeline, a gas fired power plant and related processing facilities, Budget 2022 has confirmed this to be untrue and has in fact now confirmed a new price...

By Stabroek News …gov’t accused of silence on details of project The safety of Guyana’s proposed gas-to-shore pipeline is being questioned based on available plans and critics have also taken aim at the lack of information from the government. On Saturday, the Moray House Trust held a virtual panel discussion on the pros and cons...

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...

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...

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...