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My condemnation of the EPA’s institutional performance is just that, not a judgment of its staff members

Mar 27, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – On March 14, 2022, The Kaieteur News carried the article: ‘EPA doing guesswork’ – environmentalist says agency lacks data to conclude 12-well drilling campaigns will not harm environment.”
The article was accurate in citing my submission to the Environmental Assessment Board that the Environmental Protection Agency lacked relevant empirical data to conclude that the proposed ESSO Kaieteur and Canje exploratory well drilling activities were not likely to significantly impact the natural environment. However, the Kaieteur News used its editorial licence to reframe my submission as “EPA doing guesswork”. I did not use this phrase. Please correct the misinformation.
I noticed that in his March 20, 2022, column: Electricity bills unchanged, flour up, infections down, restrictions lesser and EPA ‘guesswork’, columnist GHK Lall attributes the phrase to me.
I once stated publicly that some of the decisions that were coming out of the EPA make the agency appear as though it is an asylum that it is run by its inmates. I stand by my comment regarding grossly irrational decisions when compared with the information before the Agency. However, I do not know whether professional disposition for incomprehensiveness or external influence or both, are the reasons for these decisions.
What I do know, is that the rabid culture that is taking hold in Guyana of “us and them”, with citizens and civic organisations turning on each other when it comes to discussing matters of public interest, is ugly and an insidious threat to democracy. We must mindfully guard against it at all turns, and I start here by making it known that my condemnation of the EPA’s institutional performance is just that, not a judgment of its staff members.

Simone Mangal

Editor’s Note: This publication hereby extends an unequivocal apology to Ms. Simone Mangal for inaccurately reframing her contribution, and as requested, what was misrepresented will be corrected.

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