So this case, she was representing two individual citizens who argued that the EPA in Guyana had sort of failed to do its due diligence in requiring certain type of insurance for this project. Went to law school, worked for BP as an in-house lawyer in the UK, and then eventually moved home to Guyana and started working on environmental law and is now kind of leading the legal charge trying to stop or at least slow down oil drilling in Guyana. It is one of seven cases filed by one lawyer, who's a Guyanese woman named Melinda Janki. WESTERVELT: Yeah, so this is a really interesting case. I'm excited to be here.ĭOERING: Now, what were these two Guyanese citizens asking for in the lawsuit that they filed against Exxon in 2021? To learn more about this ruling and Exxon's oil development in Guyana, we’re joined now by Amy Westervelt, an investigative journalist and executive producer of the independent podcast production company Critical Frequency. The trial judge sided with the plaintiffs and ordered Exxon and its local subsidiary to provide a quote “unlimited guarantee” to cover the costs of cleaning up a catastrophic oil spill like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. They allege the government’s deal with Exxon violates Guyana’s responsibility to protect the right of its citizens to a healthy environment. But environmental concerns, spotlighted by the numerous oil spills suffered by its oil-rich next door neighbor Venezuela, prompted two Guyanese citizens to file suit in 2021. The international monetary fund estimates Guyana’s GDP will grow close to 60 percent this year, thanks to Exxon Mobil and its partners pumping more than a million barrels of crude every day. Since the discovery in Guyana back in 2015 of an estimated 11 billion barrels of oil off its shores in the Caribbean, the South American nation now has one of the fastest if not the fastest growing economy on the planet. (Image: Courtesy of ExxonMobil)ĬURWOOD: From PRX and the Jennifer and Ted Stanley Studios at the University of Massachusetts Boston, this is Living on Earth. ExxonMobil and its partners are expected to produce more than 1 million barrels of oil and gas per day by late 2026. The females are about 1 or 2 inches tall – they live on the bones of the whales as they’re decaying, but the males are microscopic, and they live inside the female bodies.ĬURWOOD: That and more this week on Living on Earth – Stick Around!Įxxon’s offshore production vessel off the coast of Guyana. STEWART: So I came across zombie worms, which are also known as bone-eating snot flower worms. WESTERVELT: 90% of Guyana's population lives on this narrow sliver of coast that is predicted to be underwater by 2030, so in this really kind of horrifying way government officials talk a lot about how they need this oil money to pay for climate adaptation.ĬURWOOD: Also, the weird, wonderful world of whale fall. Guyana is ramping up oil drilling even as climate impacts loom. When using multiple bottles of stain of the same color, batch (mix) bottles of stain together.GUESTS: Jake Bittle, Luke Runyon, Melissa Stewart, Amy WesterveltĬURWOOD: From PRX – this is Living On Earth. Test sections should be done to verify suitability and appearance prior to application. Application methods and age and porosity of the concrete will result in different tones or hues and, in the case of very old or porous concrete, the stain may have little or no reaction. Each concrete slab will react differently. The colors produced using Living Earth™ Water-Based Stain will rely heavily on skill, practice and experimentation. When combining the 15 colors with varying dilution rates, a nearly limitless palate may be created. Typical applications for Living Earth ™ are cement-based floors, walls, ceilings, countertops, wall panels, and other architectural elements such as bare concrete or our G-100 ™, Stamp-Tek ™, and Micro-Tek ™ products, in both residential and commercial settings. Boring, lifeless concrete can be transformed into a multi-colored, antiqued, variegated surface. Living Earth ™ Water-Based Stain is a safe, zero VOC, UV stable, water-based penetrating concrete stain.
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