The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) yesterday held a hearing on the appeal of EPA decisions not to have impact surveys for ExxonMobil’s planned exploration in the offshore Canje and Kaieteur blocks.
The hearing followed a boycott of the proceedings by the complainant, environmentalist, Simone Mangal-Joly who claimed that the EAB is not independent and its decisions are intended to favour the EPA.
Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limit-ed (EEPGL), last year submitted an application to Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorisation to drill 12 wells each in the Canje and Kaieteur Blocks.