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Angus News Media

Balcombe children speak out  against oil testing in village: ‘I don’t want big lorries going past my school’

Sussex Express, Jennifer Logan, 13th Nov 2019 Balcombe children have spoken out against further oil testing in Balcombe as a public consultation asking residents to give their views comes to a close. Angus Energy has Read more

Malcolm Kenward
Angus Fracking News Media

Campaigners call for drilling ban in Balcombe

The Argus, Samuel Brooke, 10th November 2019 CAMPAIGNERS have called for oil drilling in a village to be stopped after the Government declared a temporary pause on fracking. Villagers in Balcombe, near Crawley, have spoken Read more

Malcolm Kenward
Angus News Media

Fears as oil well testing set to start in small village

The Argus, Samuel Brooke, 16th September 2019 CONCERNS have been raised over plans to extract 3,000 barrels of oil from the countryside. Petrochemical firm Angus Energy announced it hopes to conduct another test at its Read more

Malcolm Kenward
Angus News Media

Protest as tests start at Balcombe oil site

Sussex Express, The Newsroom, 18th September, 2018 Protesters gathered in Balcombe today after an oil company moved onto land in the village to start testing a controversial oil well. Worried villagers and mums gathered in Read more

Malcolm Kenward
Cuadrilla News Media WSCC

Cuadrilla given green light to test for oil at Balcombe drill site

The Argus, Josh Walton, 9th January 2018 A COMPANY has been granted permission to test for oil at a village site where one of the largest anti-fracking protests in the country was held years ago. West Read more

Malcolm Kenward
Cuadrilla News Media WSCC

Application to test Balcombe oil well is approved

Sussex Express, The Newsroom, 9th January 2018 An application to test an oil well in Balcombe has been approved, despite thousands of objections. West Sussex county councillors came to a decision at a planning committee Read more

Malcolm Kenward
Cuadrilla Fracking News Media WSCC

Fracking firm Cuadrilla given oil and gas go-ahead in West Sussex

Business Green, Michael Holder, 9th January 2018 County council grants temporary permission to fracking firm Cuadrilla for shale gas exploration in Balcombe, despite thousands of objections from local residents West Sussex county council has voted Read more

Malcolm Kenward
Cuadrilla Fracking News Media WSCC

Council approves Balcombe fossil fuel exploration

BBC News, 9th January 2018 Councillors approved an oil company’s plans to explore for fossil fuels in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, despite nearly 3,000 objections. Cuadrilla Resources drilled a well in Balcombe in Read more

Malcolm Kenward
Cuadrilla Fracking News Media WSCC

Fracking firm gets green light to test for oil at Balcombe … again

The Guardian, Adam Vaughan, 9th January 2018 Approval by West Sussex council comes as another shale company plans a legal challenge against Scotland’s fracking ban Fracking firm Cuadrilla has been given the go-ahead to explore Read more

Malcolm Kenward
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