[url= http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/11/south-downs-national-park-authority-rejects-shale-drilling-bid ]No fracking![/url]
They can do it if they promise to build a tunnel under Arundel.
Damn. I was looking forward to a bit of grim industrial building & ground water pollution being introduced to the Sussex/Surrey heartlands. It seems a pity that we up North, hogged all the awesome side effects of the coal/iron/shipbuilding/petro chemical industries.
Disclaimer: being exiled in t'South I now do most of my riding in Surrey/Kent/Sussex. Its also funny that when fracking was suggested in the Surrey Hills, we mtbers became all respectable when asked to support the local anti-fracking campaign.
CEO reckons the decision will be overturned by ministers.
That'll be interesting!
National Park Authority rejects shale drilling bid shock!
Decisions on energy supply are made higher up the food chain