Melinda Janki from Guyana on ExxonMobil, World Bank and climate

Melinda (58) is a lawyer and environmental activist in Guyana, South America. The poor country wants to get very very rich – with oil. One of the largest oil discoveries in recent years was made off the coast of Guyana. Melinda says, we are rich already. We are a carbon sink, look at all the nature. So she is fighting with her government, with the World Bank and with one of the biggest oil companies in the world.
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Melinda’s Utopia: the oil shall not be taken out. She sued her government.
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We talk about money, frogs and what to do when everything seems to be going to the gutter.
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Music: Robert Pilgram http://robertpilgram.com/
Illustration: Christine Anas https://cargocollective.com/christineanas
Proofreading: Fanny Facsar @fanny.facsar
Voice: Julian Greis https://www.thalia-theater.de/ueber-uns/ensemble/darsteller/julian-greis
Host: www.elisabethweydt.de

Radio Utopistan

Melinda (58) is a lawyer and environmental activist in Guyana, South America. The poor country wants to get very very rich – with oil. One of the largest oil discoveries in recent years was made off the coast of Guyana. Melinda says, we are rich already. We are a carbon sink, look at all the nature. So she is fighting with her government, with the World Bank and with one of the biggest oil companies in the world.
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Melinda’s Utopia: the oil shall not be taken out. She sued her government.
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We talk about money, frogs and what to do when everything seems to be going to the gutter.
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SUPPORT RADIO UTOPISTAN
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37500274
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CREDITS
Music: Robert Pilgram http://robertpilgram.com/
Illustration: Christine Anas https://cargocollective.com/christineanas
Proofreading: Fanny Facsar @fanny.facsar
Voice: Julian Greis https://www.thalia-theater.de/ueber-uns/ensemble/darsteller/julian-greis
Host: www.elisabethweydt.de

MORE INFORMATION

Melinda’s campaign: https://fairdealforguyana.org/
Research from ICIJ, DW, NDR, SZ, Jornal Verdade 2019: https://www.icij.org/investigations/world-bank/the-world-bank-is-still-hooked-on-fossil-fuels-despite-climate-pledge/
German NGO Urgewald on Guyana: https://urgewald.org/guyana-factfinding-mission-en

Links to dive deeper:
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2017/12/12/world-bank-group-announcements-at-one-planet-summit
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/venezuela-node/politisches-portraet/225028
https://oilnow.gy/featured/usgs-will-reassess-guyana-suriname-basin-in-2020-following-multi-billion-barrel-discoveries-by-exxonmobil/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/world/americas/guyana-oil-exxon-elections.html
https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/08/20/news/guyana/epa-to-file-historic-lawsuit-against-exxon-over-fines/

https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2020/08/28/epa-head-dropped-from-payara-review-sent-on-leave/
https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2020/08/29/epa-sued-for-breaking-law-to-grant-permits-to-oil-company/

https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P166730?lang=fr
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/06/24/world-bank-supports-financial-and-fiscal-resilience-in-guyana
https://guyanatimesgy.com/100-renewable-energy-by-2025-unlikely-climate-change-head/
https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/02/10/news/guyana/trotman-regrets-handling-of-exxon-signing-bonus-disclosure/
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-curse-of-black-gold-vast-oil-find-puts-guyana-on-the-verge-of-riches-or-failure-a-cdedf3fe-91ea-48d1-a400-29a253e11b34
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottcarpenter/2020/02/04/oil-deal-with-exxon-deprived-south-american-nation-of-billions-report-says/#64fa92d961b3
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/08/world-bank-accused-over-exxonmobil-plans-to-tap-guyana-oil-rush

https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2020/06/03/following-knews-expose-exxonmobil-lobbyist-bolts-from-contract-to-rewrite-guyanas-oil-laws/
https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12131.doc.htm
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2019-12/studie-wachstum-co2-emission-weltweit-2019
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/dow-jones-oelriese-exxonmobil-fliegt-aus-boersenindex-a-d4b44b5d-88b4-4ff9-ac74-161c2b647195
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/24/major-investment-firm-dumps-exxon-chevron-and-rio-tinto-stock