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S3 Ep3 | Unlimited Liability
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
One person in Guyana knows both the inner workings of oil companies and the intricacies of Guyanese environmental law better than most. Melinda Janki grew up in Guyana, but went to school at Oxford and then worked as in-house counsel for oil giant BP before returning home. Decades ago she started to help strengthen the country’s environmental laws. In 2020 she started filing suits against the government to block offshore drilling. Her latest suit alleges that the government of Guyana has not required large enough of an insurance policy to cover the level of damage an offshore catastrophe could cause
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Released:
Mar 28, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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