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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Fracking protest: who’s who in the battle of Balcombe?
Posted by Guardian: Jon Henley on July 30th, 2013
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