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United Kingdom: Balcombe fracking protesters vow to fight on as drilling begins
2013-08-02 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Drilling for oil started on Friday just outside the small village of Balcombe, in West Sussex, as oil and gas company Cuadrilla completed tests of its equipment and protesters chanted outside, surrounded by police. This is the first time Cuadrilla, which is pioneering the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" in the UK, has been able to start its exploratory drilling. The company says is not planning to frack the rocks under Balcombe at this stage. Its geological assessments...
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Fracking firm Cuadrilla trespassed on private land for geological surveys
2013-08-02 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking company Cuadrilla repeatedly trespassed on to private land during geological surveys and in one garden marked a site for the detonation of explosive charges before being chased off, the Guardian can reveal. The company, currently facing serious protests at its drilling site in Balcombe, West Sussex, has paid out to at least one Lancashire homeowner to settle legal action over the trespassing and was warned by ministers that such issues undermined confidence in the company and "only served...
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United Kingdom: Aerial footage: Fracking test drilling begins in Balcombe
2013-08-02 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Cuadrilla's oil drilling project has been subject to days of delays because of high-profile protests designed to halt delivery of trucks and equipment to the plant. Today a Cuadrilla spokesman said: "We started test drilling at 11.15am, and we will do a 3,000ft vertical well. We will be there for two to three months." Campaigners fear the project at Lower Stumble, near Balcombe, West Sussex, could lead Cuadrilla to go on to conduct hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The controversial method of...
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Fracking firm begins tests at Balcombe oil site as protests enter ninth day
2013-08-02 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The energy firm Cuadrilla has started testing equipment ahead of exploratory oil drilling in West Sussex as anti-fracking protests at the site entered a ninth day. The project has been subject to days of delays because of protests led by Frack Off campaigners designed to halt delivery of equipment to the site. On Friday a Cuadrilla spokesman said: "Testing of equipment started last night but we haven't started drilling yet." Drilling could start later on Friday. Campaigners fear the project at...
N.C. commerce officials say proposed fracking tax would be used to fund corporate incentives
2013-08-02 04:58:58| Beverages - Topix.net
N.C. State Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker was appointed to the position this year by Gov. Pat McCrory.
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