Tag: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Task Force to be established to ensure full compliance and safety regulations are in place at Creeks and Waterway facilities

Task Force to be established to ensure full compliance and safety regulations are in place at Creeks and Waterway facilities

- September 10, 2024

Following the tragic drowning incident on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway yesterday, an emergency meeting was convened today with the Minister of ... Read More

Jagdeo reaffirms nation’s preparedness for oil spill management

Jagdeo reaffirms nation’s preparedness for oil spill management

- June 6, 2024

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has strongly reaffirmed Guyana's readiness to manage potential oil spills, emphasizing that the development of the ... Read More

Guyana empowered to ensure coverage of all oil spill costs beyond Exxon’s US$2B parent company guarantee – EPA Head

Guyana empowered to ensure coverage of all oil spill costs beyond Exxon’s US$2B parent company guarantee – EPA Head

- June 5, 2024

While an ExxonMobil-consortium in the Stabroek block has furnished Guyana with a US$2 billion parent company guarantee for oil spills, ... Read More

Guyana making key investments to build world-class environmental regulator – EPA Head

Guyana making key investments to build world-class environmental regulator – EPA Head

- June 3, 2024

With Guyana’s accelerated oil production offshore, the role of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in ensuring the safety of public ... Read More

CCJ allows govt to join fight against unlimited parent company guarantee for oil spills

CCJ allows govt to join fight against unlimited parent company guarantee for oil spills

- May 15, 2024

In a landmark decision, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has overturned the ruling of Guyana’s Court of Appeal, granting ... Read More

Mechanisms in place to monitor, protect environment during oil, gas production – AG Nandlall

Mechanisms in place to monitor, protect environment during oil, gas production – AG Nandlall

- April 14, 2024

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, has assured that the government has put in place a host ... Read More

Shelter activated to aid Wildfire impacted families

Shelter activated to aid Wildfire impacted families

- April 4, 2024

An Emergency Shelter has been activated in the Timehri community last evening to house a number of families who have ... Read More

Press Release: Environmental Protection Agency

Press Release: Environmental Protection Agency

- March 30, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), hereby advises that we are experiencing severe dry conditions (El Nino) across Guyana making it ... Read More

Wildfire response update

Wildfire response update

- March 14, 2024

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), in conjunction with the Guyana Fire Service (GFS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Protected Areas Commission ... Read More