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Trust chief: Crumbs no offset to incredible risk Backs AG s pledge to obtain better BPC deal Activist: How deal unbreakable if we renegotiate?
By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
The Bahamian people must get more than the peanuts and crumbs if the Government ultimately decides to approve commercial oil exploration, the National Trust s top executive urged yesterday.
Eric Carey, the Bahamas National Trust s (BNT) executive director, told Tribune Business he backed the attorney general s pledge to secure the best deal possible on the public s behalf given the incredible risk this nation is taking in permitting such activities.
While he and the Trust remain vehemently opposed to any oil exploration in Bahamian waters, Mr Carey called for full transparency from Carl Bethel QC and the Government by ultimately sharing any revisions to the Bahamas Petroleum Company s (BPC) royalty rates with the public so we know what we re getting .
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Lighthouse Point, Eleuthera. (FILE PHOTO)
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Last Chance for Lighthouse Point campaign partners are requesting an update from the government and the Walt Disney Company on the status of Disney’s proposed cruise ship port at Lighthouse Point, Eleuthera.
Environmentalists representing the campaign, in a recent statement, claimed “there is mounting uncertainty about if and when the project will proceed, particularly in light of the recent retirement of Joe Rohde, Disney’s chief designer for the project”.
“Also, Disney’s environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the project was submitted to the ministry for review more than eight months ago, but there is no publicly available information yet as to when it will be released for review and public consultation,” the statement noted.