G2. Local Greens

The Carson National Forest and Camino Real Ranger District sent out announcements today about scheduled pile burning from three forest thinning projects on the High Road to Taos near the communities of Las Trampas and El Valle. With snow on the ground and more forecast for  Friday and Saturday, Forest Service personnel and their partners, the Ojo Sarco Volunteer Fire Department, Taos County, Red River Fire Department and the collaborative All Hands, All Lands Burn Team, may begin the work as early as January 31. All the thinning projects are part of the Enchanted Circle Landscape that identified the most at-risk firesheds in the nation.

The three areas are:

1.  Sixty acres west of Highway 76 near Las Trampas that were thinned by the local fire crew Wood Sharks under the auspices of a Collaborative Forest Restoration Project.
2.  One hundred acres east of Highway 76 between Las Trampas and El Valle off FR 714 that are adjacent to the 2023 El Valle Fire burn area. The fire last September burned 525 acres, including piles from about 260 acres of thinning. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
3.  Forty acres off FR 207 near El Valle that are part of the Rio de Las Trampas Forest Council Mayordomo Program that have been thinned by local leñeros.

The public can get updates for the pile burning operation on InciWeb.

As public interest lawyers, people often ask us: “What can I do to help be part of the change?” We are sometimes asked: “Is change really possible?” Our answer is YES, absolutely! If not, we would still be breathing toxic fumes from coal stoves. If our great grandmothers were lucky, they would get to listen to their husbands speak of who they were planning to vote for. Despite signs of progress, there are days when politicians seem to squander our better interests, judges push the legal pendulum back, and opposition stirs up anger and hostility. It can be hard to cope and maintain hope. 

But any significant change begins small—much like anything else in nature. Sometimes, a simple conversation or a letter can open eyes and minds in surprising ways. For example, this past year, Clean Air Council and concerned residents opened a dialogue with Amtrak about its plans to convert the heating system in Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station from the Philadelphia steam loop to onsite methane gas-fired boilers. Gas is “greenwashed” by the oil and gas industry as “clean” energy. 

Oil and gas flaring is a major source of pollution.

However, natural gas produces harmful carbon emissions, and from a climate perspective, some studies found that it is worse than coal. Disconcertingly, Amtrak’s plans to install a new gas-fired system would have locked 30th Street Station into a dirty energy system for decades to come. The steam loop is a centralized energy system that can more easily be cleaned up in the coming years. A dedicated gas boiler system cannot be cleaned up, and would instead poison the air that local residents, travelers, and workers breathe and contribute to the climate crisis. It would also frustrate local and federal efforts to aggressively decrease carbon emissions. Hearing the concerns that the Council and others raised, Amtrak opted to stay with the steam loop until a truly clean heating option is developed. This action protects public health, and its many effects will resonate and accumulate into powerful change.

Paying attention to local politics, and taking action whenever possible, is another way to amplify actions—especially at the municipal level. Clean Air Council’s Transportation Team advocates for safer local transportation policy in partnership with the Better Mobility Coalition, as well as improved access to parks where kids can learn nature literacy.

Cobbs Creek Park is a key greenspace in Philadelphia and focus area for much of the Council’s transportation work.

Also, this past spring, the Clean Air Council’s Legal and Advocacy Teams supported residents of Point Township, a rural area in North Central Pennsylvania, in their opposition to a building variance for the proposed $1.1 billion dollar facility, Encina Chemical “Recycling” Plant. The oil and gas industry uses the term “advanced recycling” to greenwash a process that neither recycles nor is advanced; it is essentially the burning of toxic plastics that releases toxins into local air and water like the Susquehanna River. 

Since it flows all the way to the Chesapeake Bay, these toxins would likely impact the hundreds of millions of blue crabs that Maryland visitors eat each year. After Northumberland County residents objected, the local zoning board denied the extra 30-foot variance that Encina needed to construct a vital part of its facility. Encina then withdrew important water permits required to start construction. This gives hope that this hazardous plant may not come to fruition and that awareness is building about the toxic effects of reliance on plastics. None of this would have happened if the local residents of Point Township had not spoken up. 

The Council works with residents to make sure their concerns about oil and gas infrastructure are heard.

The fight to protect Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to a safe and healthy environment is staggeringly hard. But everyday actions sometimes inspire great things. We are so inspired by people who start small then become community advocates. Representative Danielle Friel-Otten worked with the Clean Air Council to oppose the Mariner East 2 Pipeline, then decided to run for office, and won. Jess Conard, a mom and speech language pathologist turned fierce environmental advocate, joined the fight last year after a train passed through her backyard on fire then derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Post-incident mismanagement turned what could have been a smaller spill into a disaster with effects as far away as New Hampshire. It continues to be a public health crisis in Jess’s community a year later. 

So, what can you do to help be part of the change? Pick an issue that matters to you, and dig in. If it’s environmentalism, follow Clean Air Council on social media, become a member, and join our email list. Regardless of which issue matters to you:

• Follow your local elected officials so you can start to get a sense of what is happening locally. 
• Never miss an election! Local elections are sometimes decided by less than a dozen votes.
• Attend and speak at your local municipal board meetings. Municipalities have enormous abilities to enforce pro-environment policies quickly, as opposed to state-level government. Municipalities can prohibit plastic bags and single-use utensils, permit solar or wind farms, and adjudge zoning and zoning variances to prevent polluting facilities from entering your township.
• Follow the organizations that strive to hold elected officials accountable, like Clean Air Action and Committee of 70. 
• Join local civic groups. Find them via your local newspaper, library, or neighborhood social media pages. 
• If you can’t find a group for the issue you want, start one. Once you have a few friends, a mission, and a plan, you might even be able to get funding from your local government or related nonprofits.

Liz Green Schultz, Clean Air Council Political Director.

At Clean Air Council, we also keep hope alive by working on long-term, large-scale change while chipping away at smaller issues locally. That helps our neighbors and helps keep us going. When one of us is feeling low on faith, we reach out to colleagues or mentors, who not only remind us to take a break but also: 

Change is possible. We can do hard things. But we can’t do them alone.

Lauren Otero, Staff Attorney, Clean Air Council

Liz Green Schultz, Political Director, Clean Air Action

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At CEJA, we’re building a just transition away from our current extractive society and towards a sustainable future. We believe the lives of human beings should not be dictated by antiquated colonialist labor practices. So in keeping with our anti-capitalist, anti-white supremacist values, we’re thrilled to be launching a four-day work week pilot, starting this week.

Our full-time exempt staff will now work Monday through Thursday each week. We will not be reducing pay, extending hours, or cutting benefits. Instead, CEJA is adopting the 100-80-100 model – staff will receive 100% of their salaries, work 80% of current time, and maintain 100% of CEJA’s current impact.

To put it another way, we’re not doing less work, we’re working less. We will be innovating new workflows, developing tools for prioritization, and testing state-of-the-art technology to ensure we continue to represent the best interest of our communities. CEJA is committed to continuing its fight against structural environmental racism and injustice, and building a sustainable, just future for all Californians. 

This was not a simple decision. CEJA spent months researching and developing our four-day work week program before the launch of this pilot. We worked with 4 Day Week Global, a global organization dedicated to prioritizing productivity over working hours and improving work/life balance. And as the pilot continues, members of CEJA staff will continue to evaluate, iterate, and implement new benchmarks and strategies. 

So, why are we putting in this level of effort? 

A sustainable future requires a sustainable workforce – too often, burnout is accepted as the norm in environmental justice spaces. As CEJA continues to seek radical environmental justice solutions while operating in a capitalist system, we can challenge that structure by providing our team with the labor justice everyone deserves. We believe we can serve frontline environmental justice communities better than ever as we liberate our work force from the constraints of industrial-age work schedules.

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In yet another backroom deal bonanza, the Ford government has signed off on a plan to rebuild four 40-year-old nuclear reactors at North America's third-oldest nuclear plant – the Pickering Nuclear Station in the eastern GTA. The government is offering no information on how much this dubious plan will cost in total, but lots of

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The hydrogen production plant being proposed for Pittsburg (and possibly another one in Rodeo) would use a process called pyrolysis (high heat without oxygen so it’s not actual combustion) to get energy from “organic municipal waste.”  This process is being touted as a climate “solution” because organic material emits carbon dioxide as it decays naturally.… Read more

Biden supports nuclear power and the nuclear industry has been very effective in lobbying Senators and contributing to their campaigns. All of which, coupled with the vast amount of government money available through the Inflation Reduction Act, has set the stage for some Senators to push for relaxing nuclear safety regulations. 

Relaxing safety standards is a non partisan effort and about the only thing Democrats and Republicans have been able to agree on for this whole term. There has been very little in the news as this is all part of a larger “must pass”  appropiations bill. 

Now is the time to call both of your Senators and demand that they do whatever they can to stop this dangerous move. Hopefully, by now you have their phone numbers and emails in your contacts; you will need it as we get closer to November.

Please help amplify the message that we need nuclear safety, not dangerous, industry friendly regulation for something tremendously expensive, costs more per kilowatt hour than renewables and won’t be ready until we have passed the climate change deadlines.

You are welcome to use the letter below in anyway that is helpful to you.

Please amplify this message in any way you can and send it on to anyone else who might be interested.

In Solidarity,
Marilyn Elie
Senator Joe Manchin on Nuclear Power

Imagine a world with no stoplights, safety belts, speed limit enforcement and no requirements for the auto industry. The death toll would be astronomical. That is the effect of what Senator Joe Manchin and some other Senators who are nuclear advocates want for the nuclear industry. 

We have been down this road before. The NRC was established in 1974 after the accident at Three Mile Island because its predecessor was guilty of promoting the nuclear industry over public safety. My 25 year observation with NRC meetings, regulations and enforcement dealing with the Indian Point nuclear reactor  have convinced me that this agency is already a captive of the industry.

Manchin’s promise to block the reappointment of  the last NRC Commissioner concerned about public safety — Jeff Baran or  anyone else concerned with public safety is disgraceful and endangers us all.

“We’re just looking for people who understand that we have to have nuclear energy in the mix,” he said.

Public safety does not start with what is good for the industry.  It starts with what is good for the millions of people who live near a nuclear power plant. Clever people solve problems. Smart people and smart regulators avoid them. We need a smart Nuclear Regulatory Agency that sticks to its original mission – protecting public safety, not industry profits.

Marilyn Elie
Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition
www.ipsecinfo.org

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Biden supports nuclear power and the nuclear industry has been very effective in lobbying Senators and contributing to their campaigns. All of which, coupled with the vast amount of government money available through the Inflation Reduction Act, has set the stage for some Senators to push for relaxing nuclear safety regulations. 

Relaxing safety standards is a non partisan effort and about the only thing Democrats and Republicans have been able to agree on for this whole term. There has been very little in the news as this is all part of a larger “must pass”  appropiations bill. 

Now is the time to call both of your Senators and demand that they do whatever they can to stop this dangerous move. Hopefully, by now you have their phone numbers and emails in your contacts; you will need it as we get closer to November.

Please help amplify the message that we need nuclear safety, not dangerous, industry friendly regulation for something tremendously expensive, costs more per kilowatt hour than renewables and won’t be ready until we have passed the climate change deadlines.

You are welcome to use the letter below in anyway that is helpful to you.

Please amplify this message in any way you can and send it on to anyone else who might be interested.

In Solidarity,
Marilyn Elie
Senator Joe Manchin on Nuclear Power

Imagine a world with no stoplights, safety belts, speed limit enforcement and no requirements for the auto industry. The death toll would be astronomical. That is the effect of what Senator Joe Manchin and some other Senators who are nuclear advocates want for the nuclear industry. 

We have been down this road before. The NRC was established in 1974 after the accident at Three Mile Island because its predecessor was guilty of promoting the nuclear industry over public safety. My 25 year observation with NRC meetings, regulations and enforcement dealing with the Indian Point nuclear reactor  have convinced me that this agency is already a captive of the industry.

Manchin’s promise to block the reappointment of  the last NRC Commissioner concerned about public safety — Jeff Baran or  anyone else concerned with public safety is disgraceful and endangers us all.

“We’re just looking for people who understand that we have to have nuclear energy in the mix,” he said.

Public safety does not start with what is good for the industry.  It starts with what is good for the millions of people who live near a nuclear power plant. Clever people solve problems. Smart people and smart regulators avoid them. We need a smart Nuclear Regulatory Agency that sticks to its original mission – protecting public safety, not industry profits.

Marilyn Elie
Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition
www.ipsecinfo.org

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File:  20230419 Rep Hohenstein News Release - LNG Task Force.pdfOngoing Issues: Chester PA: Penn America Energy Proposed LNG export project

Today, Governor Gavin Newsom shared with reporters his version of a salmon recovery program for California. Within his plan, he continues to push forward with the voluntary agreements, which US EPA has already expressed doubt about as a viable program for Bay-Delta water management. 

Restore the Delta’s executive director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla said in response to the Governor’s salmon plan: 

“There is no salmon recovery plan without science-based river flows with set standards. The voluntary agreements will finish off Sacramento and San Joaquin River salmon runs. The Governor needs to stop with the obfuscation and decrees that appear like action and start building a comprehensive water plan that will serve river and Delta communities and Southern California water users. He has a moral obligation to protect our rivers and drinking water supplies as we face climate change.”

Many businesses in East Palestine hope a new marketing campaign and investments will bring back customers.

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Gov. Josh Shapiro says fracking companies will have to publicly report what chemicals they use for drilling. But Pa. law says blended chemicals are "trade secrets."

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In addition to $19.5 million in upgrades, U.S. Steel will pay $5 million to communities, "the largest" in a citizen Clean Air Act lawsuit in Pa.

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A year after a major methane leak from an underground storage reservoir in western Pennsylvania, a new study identifies potentially thousands of similarly risky wells across the U.S.

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Bạn gái Mbappé – nguồn cảm hứng không ngừng cho những đam mê và giấc mơ. Trên đỉnh cao của sự nghiệp bóng đá, Kylian Mbappé không chỉ là một cầu thủ tài năng xuất sắc mà còn là người đẹp trai của Paris Saint-Germain. Nhưng đằng sau ánh đèn sân khấu, có một người phụ nữ đặc biệt, là nguồn động viên và người yêu thương của anh. Bài viết này 90phut TV sẽ đưa bạn đến gần hơn với bạn gái Mbappé, người đã làm cho trái tim cầu thủ trẻ này rung động và hạnh phúc.

Bạn gái Mbappe là ai?

Bạn gái của Kylian Mbappe là Stephanie Rose Bertram, một người mẫu người Bỉ. Cô sinh ngày 12 tháng 8 năm 1993, cao 1,73m, sở hữu chiều cao và thân hình bốc lửa. Rose Bertram bắt đầu sự nghiệp người mẫu từ năm 13 tuổi sau khi mẹ cô, cũng là người quản lý, ký hợp đồng với một hãng đào tạo. Cô đã xuất hiện trên trang bìa của nhiều tạp chí nổi tiếng như Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan,… và là gương mặt đại diện cho nhiều thương hiệu thời trang và mỹ phẩm cao cấp.

Bạn gái Mbappe là ai?

Rose Bertram từng kết hôn với cầu thủ bóng đá Gregory van der Wiel vào năm 2016. Họ có với nhau hai người con, một trai và một gái. Tuy nhiên, cặp đôi đã ly hôn vào năm 2019.

Mối quan hệ giữa Mbappe và Rose Bertram được công khai vào tháng 12 năm 2022. Cả hai đã bị bắt gặp đi chơi cùng nhau tại Qatar trong thời gian World Cup 2022 diễn ra. Rose Bertram cũng thường xuyên đăng tải những hình ảnh và lời nhắn tình cảm dành cho Mbappe trên mạng xã hội.

Dưới đây là một số thông tin chi tiết về Rose Bertram:

• Tên đầy đủ: Stephanie Rose Bertram
• Ngày sinh: 12/08/1993
• Nơi sinh: Antwerp, Bỉ
• Chiều cao: 1,73m
• Nghề nghiệp: Người mẫu
• Con cái: Hai người con (một trai và một gái)

Mối quan hệ giữa Mbappe và Rose Bertram đang nhận được sự quan tâm của đông đảo người hâm mộ. Cả hai đều là những người nổi tiếng và thành công trong lĩnh vực của mình, vì vậy mối quan hệ của họ được cho là khá đẹp đôi.

Những thông tin thú vị về mối quan hệ giữa Mbappe và bạn gái

Mối quan hệ giữa Kylian Mbappe và bạn gái luôn là đề tài được nhiều người quan tâm, nhất là khi anh là một trong những cầu thủ nổi tiếng nhất thế giới. Dưới đây là một số thông tin thú vị về mối quan hệ này:

Mbappe từng hẹn hò với hai người mẫu nổi tiếng

Tin đồn về mối quan hệ giữa Mbappe và bạn gái bắt đầu rộ lên vào năm 2018, khi anh được cho là đang hẹn hò với Alicia Aylies, Hoa hậu Pháp 2017. Hai người thường xuyên xuất hiện cùng nhau trong các sự kiện và được cho là rất thân thiết. Tuy nhiên, mối quan hệ này chỉ kéo dài được một thời gian ngắn.

Những thông tin thú vị về mối quan hệ giữa Mbappe và bạn gái

Năm 2022, Mbappe lại bị bắt gặp hẹn hò với Ines Rau, một người mẫu chuyển giới người Pháp. Cặp đôi thường xuyên xuất hiện cùng nhau tại các sự kiện và được cho là đang rất hạnh phúc.

Mbappe và bạn gái đều có chung niềm đam mê thời trang

Cả Mbappe và bạn gái đều là những người yêu thích thời trang. Mbappe thường xuyên xuất hiện trên các tạp chí thời trang và là gương mặt đại diện của nhiều thương hiệu thời trang nổi tiếng. Bạn gái của Mbappe cũng là một người mẫu thời trang có tiếng.

Hai người thường xuyên chia sẻ những bức ảnh về thời trang trên mạng xã hội. Họ cũng thường xuyên cùng nhau tham dự các sự kiện thời trang.

Xem thêm: Tốc độ của Mbappe – “Cỗ máy tốc độ” của bóng đá thế giới

Mbappe và bạn gái luôn ủng hộ nhau trong sự nghiệp

Mbappe và bạn gái luôn ủng hộ nhau trong sự nghiệp. Bạn gái của Mbappe thường xuyên đến sân để cổ vũ cho anh thi đấu. Cô cũng thường xuyên chia sẻ những lời động viên, khích lệ trên mạng xã hội.

Mbappe cũng luôn dành những lời khen ngợi cho bạn gái của mình. Anh cho biết bạn gái là một người phụ nữ mạnh mẽ, độc lập và luôn ủng hộ anh trong mọi quyết định.

Dù chưa bao giờ công khai thừa nhận mối quan hệ, nhưng những thông tin trên cho thấy Mbappe và bạn gái đang có một mối quan hệ rất tốt đẹp. Họ đều là những người trẻ tuổi, tài năng và thành công. Mối quan hệ của họ được nhiều người ngưỡng mộ và chúc phúc.

Ảnh hưởng của bạn gái đến sự nghiệp của Mbappe

Dưới đây là một số ảnh hưởng cụ thể của Rose Bertram đến sự nghiệp của Mbappe:

• Thúc đẩy tinh thần của Mbappe: Rose Bertram luôn là nguồn động viên lớn cho Mbappe. Cô luôn ở bên cạnh anh ấy, ủng hộ anh ấy trong mọi hoàn cảnh. Sự ủng hộ của cô ấy đã giúp Mbappe vượt qua những khó khăn và thử thách trong sự nghiệp.
• Giúp Mbappe cải thiện khả năng ngoại giao: Rose Bertram là một người phụ nữ có khả năng ngoại giao tốt. Cô có thể giao tiếp hiệu quả với mọi người từ mọi tầng lớp xã hội. Sự giúp đỡ của cô ấy đã giúp Mbappe cải thiện khả năng giao tiếp và xây dựng mối quan hệ với các đồng đội, huấn luyện viên và người hâm mộ.
• Giúp Mbappe trở nên nổi tiếng hơn: Rose Bertram là một người mẫu nổi tiếng với lượng người theo dõi lớn trên mạng xã hội. Sự kết nối của cô ấy với thế giới giải trí đã giúp Mbappe trở nên nổi tiếng hơn và thu hút được nhiều người hâm mộ mới.

Lời kết

Bạn gái Mbappe, Stephanie Rose Bertram, là một người phụ nữ xinh đẹp, thành đạt và có ảnh hưởng tích cực đến sự nghiệp của anh ấy. Sự hiện diện của cô ấy trong cuộc đời Mbappe đã giúp anh ấy cảm thấy tự tin và thoải mái hơn, đồng thời thúc đẩy sự nghiệp của anh ấy phát triển.

By Duncan Adams, Montana Standard Montana Tunnels mined gold, silver, zinc and lead at its open-pit mine near Jefferson City. But the troubled mine hasn’t operated since 2008, and its permit was suspended in 2018 for failure to post an adequate bond. In December 2022, Montana Tunnels filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection. At …

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Stop oil companies' greenwashing and price-gouging. Joëlle Robinson Mon, 01/29/2024 - 16:20

The UK must “rapidly replace fossil fuels with low carbon alternatives”, the government’s climate advisor warned today.

Photo: DrillOrDrop

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) said agreements made at the recent COP28 summit “call into question” recent UK government decisions on fossil fuel production.

COP28 agreed for the first time to transition away from fossil fuels. It set a goal to triple renewable capacity and double the annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030.

The UK had already committed to cut its carbon emissions by 68% by the same date.

But prime minister Rishi Sunak vowed last year to “max out” UK fossil fuel reserves and to issue more than 100 new North Sea licences. He also delayed net zero targets for ending fossil fuel boilers and vehicles.

In the past few months, several decisions on onshore oil and gas developments have ruled that energy security was more important than climate change or landscape protection.

In a report on COP28, published today, the CCC said the government should reassess whether further exploration for new sources of fossil fuels was aligned with UK climate obligations.

“The language agreed at COP28 does call into question recent UK government decisions on the production of fossil fuels.”

It said it recognised that UK fossil fuel production was declining and that new fossil fuel development within UK borders had “minimal impact” on UK carbon budgets. But it said:

“were all countries with fossil fuel reserves to increase future fossil fuel production, there would be an oversupply that would pose a risk to the aims of the Paris Agreement [on emissions reduction].”

It added:

“The role fossil fuel use and production play in our economies must decline and cleaner, safer, and more secure alternatives must expand.”

The CCC’s interim chair, Professor Piers Forster, said:

“We may be further into the decarbonisation journey than many nations, but the obligation on every country is now to push even harder.

“This also frames the economic challenge for the UK. We must rapidly replace fossil fuels with low-carbon alternatives to get back on track to meet our 2030 goal.”

He urged the government to “lean into its global role with an even stronger demonstration of domestic ambition”.

The CCC showed last year that the UK was not on track to meet this carbon emissions reduction target.

Today it said;

“the international perception of the UK’s climate ambition suffered from mixed messages following announcements on new fossil fuel developments and the Prime Minister’s speech to soften some Net Zero policies.”

Kids deserve safe and healthy rides to school Joëlle Robinson Mon, 01/29/2024 - 15:55

Union Jack Oil, the majority investor in the Wressle onshore site in North Lincolnshire, has announced its first move into the US.

In a statement today, the company said it had bought three mineral royalty packages in Texas.

They are all in the Permian basin, which produces about 6% of the world’s daily oil requirements.

The packages cost £677,235, Union Jack said. They will be owned in perpetuity and estimated to have an economic life of more than 26 years, the company said.

It added that the sites would provide a monthly income but would have no development or operating costs.

Union Jack said it was also poised to seal a deal on exploration, drilling and potential production projects in Oklahoma.

David Bramhill, Union Jack’s chairman, said the company’s onshore UK sites would remain the “core focus for the foreseeable future”.

Union Jack has a 40% stake at Wressle, where there are plans to drill another two production wells.

It also holds 16.665% of the West Newton licence in East Yorkshire. Here, there is a commitment to drill a new horizontal well and sidetrack or recomplete three other wells by June 2024. The site operator, Rathlin Energy, has estimated its cost of the work at West Newton to be about £9m.

Mr Bramhill said:

“”The investment climate for international investment outside of the UK, especially within the United States, has improved significantly, driven primarily by streamlined asset ownership and the evolution of enabling technologies.”

The royalties provided immediate cash flow, he said, without exposure to capital expenditure. It had the scope to grow “exponentially”, as new wells were drilled and completed, he said.

The Wressle oil site in North Lincolnshire has been given consent for a larger gas engine to generate electricity.

Wressle oil site. Photo: Egdon Resources

The Environment Agency (EA) has announced changes to the site’s environmental permit.

This allows the operator, Egdon Resources, to flow gas produced alongside the oil into a 4.7MW engine.

The site previously had permission for a 2MW generator.

The electricity produced from the new engine would meet future power demand at Wressle when formation pressure fell and mechanical lifting was needed, the EA said. The electricity could also be used by another business, it said.

The EA said emissions from the engine would not affect any site of nature conservation, landscape and heritage, and/or protected species or habitats. Natural England, the government’s nature conservation advisor, was not consulted, the EA said.

An air quality assessment predicted no significant effect, the EA said, but annual monitoring for oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide would be required as a condition of the permit.

Official data reports show the flare at Wressle has burned more than 5,000ksm3 (thousand cubic meters) of gas produced alongside the oil from July 2022 to August 2023

The larger engine was phase 2 of a project to maximise the use of gas at Wressle.

In phase 1, three micro turbines were installed last year (2023) to generate electricity for the site. They would replace the need for a diesel generator and would reduce the amount of gas being flared, the EA said.

The volume flared gas at Wressle fell from July-October 2023. But this coincided with work on the Wressle-1 well. An artificial lift aimed to increase pressure within the reservoir.