Press Association: Anti-fracking protesters have welcomed the suspension of an exploratory oil-drilling operation in West Sussex, as the first of hundreds of extra activists started to arrive.
Up to 1,000 more campaigners are set to descend on the outskirts of Balcombe, for the six-day Reclaim the Power camp. It has been organised in opposition to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which some fear the energy firm Cuadrilla will go on to conduct after it has completed its exploratory drilling.
Campaigners were......
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United Kingdom: Fracking protesters gather for six-day camp as Balcombe drilling suspended
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 16th, 2013
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