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United Kingdom: Balcombe’s eco-warriors have the limelight, but a strong local contingent wants to be heard
Posted by Telegraph: Cole Moreton on August 4th, 2013
Telegraph: "I was reading the Telegraph on the train and I noticed a little paragraph saying, 'Cuadrilla to Frack in Sussex'. I knew this was the company that caused the earthquakes in Lancashire, so I thought, 'How interesting'. Then I looked down the story and saw they were coming to my village...'
He smiles and steps out of the way as a battalion of police officers comes past. We are on the road just south of Balcombe in West Sussex, where the oil and gas company Cuadrilla is trying to drill a well, and...
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United Kingdom: Michael Fallon defends fracking comments
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 4th, 2013
BBC: Energy minister Michael Fallon has defended comments about fracking, in which he appeared to suggest the process would affect those living near gas drilling sites.
Mr Fallon told a private meeting it would test "how thick their rectory walls are" and "whether they like the flaring at the end of the drive".
In the past, he has described shale gas as an "exciting new energy resource".
The Tory minister told the BBC his latest comments were "light hearted".
His remarks, reported in the Mail...
United Kingdom: Fracking boss Francis Egan receives bomb threat over shale gas exploration
Posted by Telegraph: Peter Dominiczak on August 4th, 2013
Telegraph: Francis Egan, the chief executive of Cuadrilla, has send he was send an email threatening to bomb his company headquarters if he did not cease activities in the UK.
Cuadrilla announced that it has started as exploratory drilling began at a site in Balcombe, West Sussex, despite anti-fracking protests by local people and activists from across the UK.
Villages across the UK have said that they will block any attempts to drill in the wake of the Balcombe protests.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday...