Accountability Watch

Last Tuesday, the State of New Jersey filed a lawsuit against five oil and gas companies and a petroleum trade organization – ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and the American Petroleum Institute to which they are affiliated – alleging that they had known for decades about the harmful impact of fossil fuels on climate change but instead deceived the public about that link.

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Rising global temperatures due to the burning of fossil fuels have caused severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere.

According to media reports,  subsidiaries and/or affiliates of  Chinese companies competing to build Guyana’s natural gas power plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara, have been blacklisted for fraudulent practices in relation to the award of contracts funded by World Bank.

Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali told the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly currently under way that fossil fuels are a necessary means of energy while the world transitions to more sustainable means; and the fossil fuel industry should not be penalized or treated unfairly as the world moves away from that sector.

The European Commission is proposing that fossil fuel firms that have made windfall profits from soaring energy prices to make a financial contribution to help citizens and industries grapple with high energy bills.

The award of the contract in the sum of $566.9 million to Kares Engineering Inc.

THE DECLARATION AGAINST CORRUPTION I will not pay bribes. I will not seek bribes.

Most people on the planet depend on rivers for drinking water purposes, irrigating food crops, generating power and transporting goods, among others.

A recently released report found that within an area from Texas to Louisiana in the United States, residents could experience “heat index” temperatures above 125 degrees Fahrenheit by 2053.

Last week, we began a discussion on accounting standards that governments around the world use in recording and reporting financial transactions.

It is immoral for oil and gas companies to be making record profits from this energy crisis on the backs of the poorest people and communities, at a massive cost to the climate.

In last week’s article, we discussed the state of Guyana’s economy as reflected in the Bank of Guyana report for the first quarter of 2022.

Last week, the temperature in several parts of Europe reached an all-time record high of 42 degrees Celsius, triggering massive wildfires in France, Spain, Portugal and Greece and causing thousands of residents to flee their homes.

There have been further revelations by VICE News of alleged Chinese involvement in money laundering activities, the use of intermediaries, and the paying of bribes to secure government contracts, especially in relation to large infrastructure developmental works being undertaken.

To leave ministerial office is a serious matter at any time.

Going forward, we will continue to partner with you on inclusive democracy, economic development, and citizen security for all Guyanese, and to promote the public values of – transparency, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility – values that inform policies reflecting good governance and a participatory democracy where all voices are heard.

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo along with a former Transport Minister and six lawmakers are being investigated for allegedly being part of a criminal network that received bribes for public works contracts.

According to a new study, the two Antarctic glaciers – the Thwaites Glacier, also known as Doomsday Glacier about the size of Great Britain, and the slightly smaller Pine Island Glacier – are melting so fast that they are now losing ice at a faster rate than any time over the past 5,500 years.

We face a world in peril. From the war in Ukraine in all its dimensions to the deepening impacts of the climate crisis; from the COVID-19 pandemic to escalating humanitarian needs, hunger and poverty, the months ahead will test the multilateral system.