Unlimited Liability: The Guyanese Lawyer Taking on ExxonMobil
Podcast: DrilledPublished On: Tue Mar 28 2023
Description: One person in Guyana understands both the inner workings of Big Oil and the intracacies of Guyanese governmental law better than almost anyone. Melinda Janki was raised in Guyana, but went to Oxford University and then worked as in-house counsel for oil giant BP before making her way back to Guyana. She returned home with a mission to help strengthen the country's environmental laws. In 2018, she began filing suits against the government to block offshore drilling. Her latest suit demands ExxonMobil be held liable for any environmental damages caused to Guyana in the case of an offshore catastrophe.Read more in Antonia Juhaz's Wired story on Guyana. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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