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 10, 2022
Kaieteur News – We laud the women in this country daring to participate in the struggle for a safe and healthy Guyanese environment. We commend the courage of a group of 54 Guyanese, mainly women environmentalists and social activists, who have aimed at this country’s Environmental Protection Agency and taken it to task for inexplicable...
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 22, 2022
Amid protest by residents of Coverden, East Bank Demerara, over the significant health risk posed by the setting up of a radioactive equipment storage facility in their community, the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) has set aside a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for the project....
Apr 16, 2021
Global Oil Environmental Services (GOES) Guyana, a joint venture partnership between JaParts Guyana and Global Oil Management Group, is forging ahead with the development of a Waste Treatment facility that will focus on the recycling and reuse of oil and gas waste. The facility will be situated at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, and is expected...