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No fracking in Balcombe

No fracking in Balcombe

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Started by Anonymous 12 years, 11 months ago
The UK government and environmental agencies are ignoring the concerns of the local community and attempting to complete the exploratory drilling for oil with a hidden agenda to explore for shale gas extraction less than 1 mile from the centre of Balcombe in West Sussex. The exploratory site is too close to the community and also next to the main London to Brighton trainline, within 3 miles of the Ouse Valley Viaduct and the Ardingly Reservoir which supplies drinking water to over 85,000 people. With a mad dash for gas the authorities are ignoring the fundamental safety and environmental concerns of drilling in Balcombe and we need your support to make them wake up and realise that drilling in Balcombe is unacceptable and unsafe.

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August 4, 2013

The government is finally feeling the heat because of the overwhelming momentum behind this fight against their reckless drilling. Those bureaucrats in power think they can ignore our safety to chase shale gas profits but they are dead wrong about our resolve.

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JILL CLIFFORD
8 years ago Featured

FOSSIL FUELS LEAD TO CLIMATE CHANGE. BULLYING A SMALL COMMUNITY AND ENDDANGERING THE ENVIRONMENT BY TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ON NARROW ROADS IS UNTHINKABLE SURELY IN ANY CIVILISED SOCIETY

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Anonymous
9 years ago Featured

Fracking does not consider the larger picture - how we lave this planet to our children. Fracking offers only a short term energy source solution that will benefit only a few- the companies that are doing it. The health implications will be covered up in years to come, our water will not be pure and the natural balance of the earth compromised. Burning gas contributes to global warming. Its shocking that we are not looking forward.

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Jacqueline Gordon
12 years ago Featured

Hydraulic Fracturing is BAD and devasting for the ENVIRONMENT, FLORA, FAUNA & HUMANS included. Sustainable and zero carbon emitting energies/technologies are the only way to go. Don't believe me? Read:-http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/now-the-two-most-famous-scientific-institutions-in-britain-and-the-us-agree-climate-change-is-more-certain-than-ever-9155396.html

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Mark Vogel
12 years ago Featured

dont frack our countryside. we dont want this here and the government needs to listen to the people for once instead of the greedy energy firms.

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David Donnelly
12 years ago Featured

NO FRACKING IN BALCOMBE. IT IS DANGEROUS AND TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.

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Sarah Richards
12 years ago Featured

Keep our drinking water safe!! Why in the world would they risk the reservoir? Enough is enough.

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irene
12 years ago

Leave balcombe and the UK frack free

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