FFOS wants UN in ALNG dispute

Environmental lobby-group, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS), has scoffed at the offer by the Point Fortin Chamber of Commerce to mediate in the row between Atalantic LNG (ALNG) and residents of Point Ligoure who fear LNG Train Four might harm their health and safety. Instead FFOS is urging the intervention of the United Nations’ resident representative, Ms Iyang Ebong Halstrop, accusing the Chamber of having a vested interest in profit. Saying the Chamber would not be impartial because of economic compromises which typically seduce the weak and unscrupulous, FFOS said: “Those ALNG shareholders British Petroleum (BP) and British Gas (BG) and many members of their Boards of Directors, are closely affiliated with the chambers of commerce. These ‘conflicts of interest’disgrace the offer of the Point Fortin Chamber. FFOS has accused ALNG of making annual profits of $19 billion compared to royalties of just $2.5 million per train for Trinidad and Tobago.