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Climate lawsuits gain traction as Guyanese fight for healthy environment Constitutional claim against oil major ExxonMobil follows huge climate wins in courts elsewhere 01 June 2021 - 17:27 Anastasia Moloney A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the US, May 15 2021. Picture: REUTERS/KATHLEEN FLYNN Bogota    A landmark lawsuit filed against Guyana’s government, arguing that oil production fuels climate change, could bolster legal action as court cases involving energy companies and state authorities surge, according to lawyers and environmentalists. The constitutional claim the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean asserts that oil exploration and production led by US oil major ExxonMobil off the South American country’s coast is unconstitutional, said the case’s lead lawyer, Melinda Janki.

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