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Petition against fracking in E.Sussex.

On 24 Aug 2013 at 7:20pm No Fracking in E.Sussex wrote:

A local councillor has informed us that there is a very real possibility that previous oil and gas concessions grantedin in Ringmer, Lewes and in other parts of east Sussex will be up for renewal in 2014.
She is monitoring the situation closely, but thinks preemptive action now to stop E.Sussex County Council in their tracks would be very usefull at this stage.This not a scare story this is actually happening.
Remember what happened that the concession was given to Cuadrilla from a previously drilled well.There have in past been exploratory wells in both Ringmer Broyle and two in Lewes itself.
Sign the petion and stop them in their fracks.

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On 24 Aug 2013 at 8:58pm Yawn wrote:

For goodness sake! Have you not read any of the local press recently or is this just another pathetic attempt to push the anti soap agenda?

On 24 Aug 2013 at 9:15pm Billy Tw@ wrote:

Hi Yawn you still dating your first cousin huh?

On 24 Aug 2013 at 9:38pm Topman wrote:

the bloody price of eggs are going up

On 24 Aug 2013 at 9:45pm BillyTw@ wrote:

You still dressing in a sheep costume at the weekends fella?

On 24 Aug 2013 at 11:09pm The Gov`t are LYING wrote:

The goverment is LYING that`s what they do you bloody FOOL .They treat us like chidren and you morons encourage them, you are unspeakably stupid. Yawn .you`d be funny if you weren`t such a sad gullible fool.They wil ruin our beautiful county to line their filthy pockets and I think you know it,you are just to bloody proud to admit it.You know what`s going on.As Prince once said act your age not your shoe size.

On 24 Aug 2013 at 11:18pm How Balcombe was fooled wrote:

Planning permission for the US firm's test on the Balcombe estate - owned by Simon Greenwood, a great grandson of the first Lord Cowdray - was granted by West Sussex county council (WSCC) in 2010 and expires at the end of September. If Cuadrilla had waited any longer to start work it would have had to reapply, and this time round it could have expected strong opposition to a revised planning application. So why was the original one waved through? Because almost nobody knew about it. The WSCC planning officer wrote to Balcombe parish council in January 2010 drawing attention to the application, saying that if no comments were received by 18 February "it will be assumed that the parish council has no objection".
In March, after a reminder, the parish council clerk confirmed that "the matter was discussed at the last regular meeting" and there was "no objection". Shome mishtake? There is no record of any discussion" in the minutes of the Balcombe parish council meeting in February 2010. The only fleeting reference comes after a debate on an application for a carport, in a brief sentence noting that Simon Greenwood, who is a parish councillor, "mentioned" a recent application at a site off London Road. And, er, that's it. No debate, no vote and no declaration of interest from Greenwood, who stood to earn tens of thousands from Cuadrilla. WSCC then approved the application using delegated powers, precisely because of the lack of public objection. As the exploratory drilling begins, Greenwood and parish clerk Richard Greig have some explaining to do to irate villagers.
PS: Simon Greenwood's mother, Anne, was given Balcombe by the Cowdray estate as a dowry. But his cousin Lord Cowdray is on the other side of the barricades: he supports protesters at another West Sussex site, Femhurst, and recently revealed that he refused to let Cowdray land in Femhurst be used for drilling because of the environmental impact onthe environment.

On 25 Aug 2013 at 1:18am WON`T GET FOOLED AGAIN! wrote:

WE WON`T GET FOOLED AGAIN!

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On 25 Aug 2013 at 1:43am We win round one wrote:

We win round one.

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On 25 Aug 2013 at 3:03am Dingo wrote:

The Daily Mail has branded a newly formed group of anti fracking cats called `Felines Against Fracking`as a rent a mog.Tiddles their spokescat has asked all members to sign the PETition.

On 25 Aug 2013 at 7:28am Piddinghoe PiddlerA wrote:

Read the below article for a well informed report on the dangers from A well respected magazine and sources.
Clink link to read

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On 25 Aug 2013 at 12:03pm Deelite 2 wrote:

This respected Geology professor is an expert on fracking and has written many pro-fracking papers but says that Cuadrilla's drilling at Balcombe is dangerous and the company incompetent!

Bl*** heck. Francis Egan can't be Cuadrilla CEO for much longer.

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