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VIDEO: Fracking: 'Majority are open-minded'
2013-07-31 10:20:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Oil exploration company Cuadrilla, under fire from protesters in the Sussex village of Balcombe, says it will take local people's views into account if and when it applies for a fracking license if conventional drilling reveals a need for such a technique.
Fracking protests 'puts strain on police resources'
2013-07-30 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Up to 90 officers have been on duty in Balcombe, West Sussex, every day since demonstrators launched their campaign to blockade attempts to drill for oil and gas last week. Sussex Police have yet to put a figure on the cost of the operation, which has so far resulted in 23 arrests, but it is thought to have run into tens of thousands. Such protests are expected to spread across the country, with fracking campaigners vowing to resist any attempts to explore for oil in areas including Lancashire, Cheshire,...
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Fracking can take place in 'desolate' north-east England, Tory peer says
2013-07-30 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking should be carried out in the "desolate" north-east of England, a former Conservative energy adviser has said, prompting criticism and claims the remarks highlighted the party's "problem with the north". Lord Howell, who advised William Hague on energy policy until April and is the father-in-law of the chancellor, George Osborne, drew gasps of astonishment in the House of Lords on Tuesday for suggesting that the controversial form of gas production could take place in the north-east without...
Fracking OK for North East - peer
2013-07-30 17:36:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Fracking should be carried out in the North East of England, where there are large, "desolate" areas, a southern-based former energy secretary says.
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Fracking protest: who's who in the battle of Balcombe?
2013-07-30 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The battle of Balcombe as it was instantly and inevitably dubbed has pitched police trying to ensure energy company Cuadrilla can drill an exploratory well outside a pretty, prosperous and hitherto sleepy West Sussex village against a coalition of protesters who fear the operation will lead to full-scale oil or gas production through the controversial process of fracking. The opposition alliance are a disparate bunch: Local residents According to a survey by Balcombe parish council last year,...
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