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Our national climate change policy and the Paris accord don't just have legal implications for airport expansion in the UK. CPRE Sussex believe that we must rethink fracking and other forms of oil extraction too.

Opponents gathering outside West Sussex County Council Opponents gathering outside West Sussex County Council © Friends of The Earth

I attended this morning's meeting (9th Jan 2018) in Chichester of the WSCC Planning Committee that considered Cuadrilla's renewed application to be allowed to flow test the existing exploratory well at Balcombe over a six week period during the course of the next two years.

Caudrilla at Balcombe in 2013 Caudrilla at Balcombe in 2013 © tacac0

Cuadrilla's inaccurately described "fracking" at Balcombe has achieved a lot of publicity in recent years.

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