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Jul 26, 2020 Letters

Dear Editor,

I refer to your article “EPA needs to stop granting ExxonMobil permits in absence of Critical info on Flaring” (July 25th). What an absolute mess already! Certain oil companies are notorious for destroying the environment and habitat of oil-producing countries, in underdeveloped and third world areas.

Take a visit to the Delta Region of Nigeria and other African countries and see how international oil companies have so polluted the environment; and made some areas uninhabitable. Do you know why they are still able to destroy these environment up till today? Because they can get away with it. It is that simple. The oil companies are in business to make money, not be our best friends.
They most certainly do not conduct themselves in this fashion in developing countries, so I suggest, Dr. Vincent Adams, EPA Head, that you listen again to what the International Lawyer Melinda Janki is telling you. Obviously, she has the interest of Guyana at heart, and has again laid out problem areas with ExxonMobil’s operations.
It’s really disappointing for anyone at the EPA to say they cannot independently verify the toxins, or whatever else due to flaring, being put in the environment by ExxonMobil, in Guyana, and are left with no choice but accept what ExxonMobil tells them. Really? This is 2020 for heaven’s sake. There are NGO’s and various oil supporting businesses, all over the world, able to perform this function for a small fee. Has the EPA asked surrounding oil producing countries how they verify what is put into the environment by oil companies? I am sure with the right contacts, this information can be procured by one of the many oil-supporting entities for free. These things are done. I assure you, right now, the oil company is having a good laugh, at Guyana’s expense.
Yours truly,
Chi Kansi

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