Protestign Fracking Sussex-fully

Anti-fracking protesters halt Sussex shale gas operation | Environment | The Guardian: "Anti-fracking campaigners claimed a surprise victory on Thursday against attempts to extract oil in the home counties.

Dozens of protesters blockaded a drill site outside the West Sussex village of Balcombe. The drill was operated by Cuadrilla, the energy company headed by former BP chief Lord Browne.

Earlier in the day, the Department for Energy granted a drilling permit for the site to Cuadrilla, which also operates hydraulic fracturing rigs in Lancashire. It is looking for oil in the Sussex shale and says it may need to use controversial high pressure hydraulic fracturing techniques to extract it.

After a seven hour stand-off between Cuadrilla and a group of environmentalists and local opponents – including several groups of parents and children from the village – a lorry that was carrying a generator essential for the drilling on the site was forced to move away, bringing cheers from the protesters. Drilling 3,000ft into the rock had been due to start on Monday."

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