Anti-fracking protests: A little fractious

UK Only Article:  UK article only Issue:  How India got its funk Fly Title:  Anti-fracking protests Rubric:  Why even shale gas may not reignite a flagging green movement Location:  BALCOMBE Main image:  Whatever it is, I’m against it Whatever it is, I’m against it WHEN Cuadrilla Resources, an oil and gas company, first started exploring for oil in Balcombe, a pretty village in Sussex, a picnic was held outside the drilling site. The village has a history of quiet protest: high in the trees outside the station hang Countryside Alliance posters urging locals to fight the 2004 act banning fox-hunting. But for the past two weeks locals have been joined by more vocal demonstrators. Banners exclaim against hydrocarbons and capitalism. Protesters at a march on August 18th, some of whom sported the Guy Fawkes masks popularised by computer hackers and the Occupy movement, chanted slogans through megaphones to the patter of drums. Several ...
Source: Biotechnology - Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news