The public are invited to participate in a debate tonight with Keith Taylor Green MEP and other people on the potential risks the environment faces due to fracking. The debate will be held at Warnham Village Hall. The meeting begins at 7:30pm and Horsham Green Party, Crawley and Mid Sussex have participated in the promotion […]
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Fracking leading to split views in West Sussex village
The residents of the Balcombe village in West Sussex have complained about the ongoing protests regarding the controversial technique called fracking, amidst the battle whether the country should go ahead with it or not. Hundreds of people protested early this month and blockaded the site right outside of Balcombe where an exploratory oil drilling was […]
Shale gas company start exploratory drilling in West Sussex
Cuadrilla, the Shale gas company, is going to start carrying out a new exploratory drilling site located in West Sussex. The plan is to drill a 914m vertical well and a 762m horizontal bore close to Haywards Heath to the south of Balcombe next month. If they find gas and oil then more tests would […]
Concerns remain regarding fracking site in West Sussex
The energy firm Cuadrilla, which is hunting for shale gas and oil in the Lancashire region, has decided to suspend operations pending concerns about seismic activity. However, although energy and climate change minister Ed Davey today proclaimed new controls on the process, residents of West Sussex remain concerned that the construction of a proposed drilling […]
No end in sight for the Fracking war
As the Great Fracking Controversy rages, both sides are putting forth every argument they can lay hands on. Some of them make more sense than others, but both the pros and the cons have a considerable arsenal to throw out there for public consumption. One voice in particular rings more clearly than all the others, […]
‘Fracking’ controversy rages on
There’s a great fracking controversy going on, to be sure. Arguments for and against the use of relatively new technology called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as a source of energy are now coming from the Sussex area in South East England, where one of the main concerns is the current drought. Fracking calls for massive […]