Mangal-Joly urges EPA to desist from Uaru consultations until certified document in place

Simone Mangal-Joly

Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has written to the Executive Director of the EPA, Kemraj Parsram urging him to cease and desist from conducting meetings on ExxonMobil’s proposed fifth oil platform until a certified Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is  provided.

In a letter of yesterday’s date, Mangal-Joly said she was writing to express her concern regarding the consultation meeting that was conducted by ExxonMobil on the EIA for its proposed Uaru Development Project with indigenous peoples at Santa Rosa on February 20, 2023, and the way ExxonMobil and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been “eroding democracy” in Guyana.

She argued that a certified complete copy of the EIA linked to ExxonMobil’s