Environment
Guyana, ExxonMobil about to ink Payara well approval; hefty fines for flaring, dumping untreated water
Guyana is on the verge of signing an agreement with ExxonMobil for its Payara Development Plan that would provide for...
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Guyana’s environmental chief sent on leave
Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency , Dr. Vincent Adams. The Executive Director of Guyana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...
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ExxonMobil says treated production water discharge safer than reinjection
ExxonMobil says it prefers to discharge treated production water into the Atlantic Ocean offshore Guyana instead of re-injecting it into...
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Severe flood at Grove, East Bank Demerara
Homes, businesses and yards in a section of Grove, East Bank Demerara, were Wednesday night inundated by flood waters from...
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Govt to establish committee to look at protecting Georgetown against floods
by Samuel Sukhnandan Government plans to give serious attention to protecting Guyana's capital city, Georgetown, from rising sea levels by...
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Iwokrama to use high-tech drones to spot illegal miners
One four-inch dredge in the Iwokrama Forest (Iwokrama picture) The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation says it will be...
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Caretaker gov’t status endangers environmental watchdog budgeted monitoring capacity
EPA Executive Director Dr Vincent Adams addressing a business luncheon of the Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association on Wednesday. Guyana's...
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ExxonMobil flares 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas in start-up
ExxonMobil's Country Manager, Rod Henson (left) and Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Dr. Vincent Adams. ExxonMobil has so...
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Bosai’s bauxite production halted, to be fined another GYD$1 million
The Montgomery Mine in Linden being operated by Bosai Minerals. Bosai Minerals Group Co., China's largest bauxite producer that is...
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Poverty fight, oil industry governance feature in politicians’ New Year messages
President David Granger Politicians in Guyana broke the New Year promising to use Guyana's expectedoil wealth to fight poverty, while...
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