Thread by @ciel_tweets

BREAKING!

New @guardian expos​​é by @AntoniaJuhasz warns ExxonMobil's offshore drilling in Guyana could cause an environmental catastrophe.

A thread.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

In May, two Guyanese citizens filed a constitutional court case that challenges Exxon's offshore oil drilling project as it exacerbates global warming & threatens #HumanRights.
Experts are now raising their voices in warning that the same project poses major environmental risks.

Despite dire climate warnings against new #FossilFuel development, Exxon's massive new oil project in Guyana is set to be the company’s biggest new oil play globally, releasing 125m tons of CO2 per year.
And it’s incredibly risky.

Exxon's assumptions that a blowout or large spill is unlikely reveal “ignorance of risk management fundamentals [...] We could have a problem similar to what we had with BP before & after the Macondo disaster.” — Robert Bea.

Read more: theguardian.com/environment/20…

“Guyana is wholly unprepared for a Macondo. The results of a blowout were catastrophic in the United States despite ample money, experience, and infrastructure and Guyana doesn’t have any of that.”
Melinda Janki, International Lawyer.

“Exxon’s activities in Guyana pose grave material risks to the company from an economic, legal, and human rights standpoint [...] We believe it’s fundamentally a flawed mission” that should be shut down — said @andrewbehar, CEO of @AsYouSow.
➡️ theguardian.com/environment/20…

“We’re concerned that the people of Guyana are being asked to bet their economy and their future on oil when oil has no future in a carbon-constrained world.”
@cmuffett1, President of @ciel_tweets.

👉 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Exxon is asking the people of Guyana to stake their future on oil & gas when oil & gas have no future.

Guyanese citizens filed a constitutional court case arguing that the buildout challenges the right to a healthy environment & sustainable development.
➡️ciel.org/news/guyana-co…