Fracking timeline 1986-2010
1986 Autumn Conoco drills Balcombe oil well. http://www.cuadrillaresources.com/our-sites/balcombe/
Maps of exclusion areas imposed on arrested anti-fracking campaigners
The map below shows the exclusion zone which was a condition of police bail for campaigners arrested at the Cuadrilla site in Balcombe in July. It included the railway line between Brighton and London. The police gave one campaigner arrested on July 26th a travel warrant to travel […]
Arrested campaigners free to return to protest as police conditions ruled “unlawful”
A group of anti-fracking campaigners arrested at the on-going demonstration outside Cuadrilla’s drilling site in Balcombe can return to the protest after successfully challenging “unlawful” bail conditions imposed by Sussex Police. The eight men and six women had been prevented since their arrest in July from entering an […]
Welcome to Investigating Balcombe and Cuadrilla
This new blog has independent coverage of the exploration for oil and gas by Cuadrilla at Lower Stumble, Balcombe, West Sussex and the campaign against it. It seeks answers to questions and question the answers given by all sides on the issue of fracking. Later this week a comprehensive […]
DRILL OR DROP? 