Working to protect the Water, Air, Soil, Ecology, Homes and Public Health
of Sussex. Raising awareness about the dangers of Hydraulic Fracturing or
'Fracking'.
Mid Sussex Friends of the Earth are hosting a Mid Sussex General Election Hustings 2015 on Tuesday, 21st April to give the public a chance to meet and ask their Prospective Parliamentary Candidates what their vision is for Mid Sussex and the nation. All candidates were invited and I am happy to say that all seven have confirmed their attendance at the Hustings. Doors open to the public at 7.45pm at Clair Hall in Haywards Heath. Please do try and come along, even if you can only attend part of the meeting and do pass this onto as many people as possible. Please note that you will need to book a ticket on Eventbrite to this FREE event for health and safety reasons, details of which are at the end of this email.
Government plans to allow fracking for gas and oil across the Sussex Weald. To be economically viable this would require thousands of wells to be drilled across our county. Our downland, meadowland, farmland and woodland would be subject to wide-scale industrialisation.
In the USA, towns near fracking sites have seen cancer rates rising, water supplies running out and the poisoning of land, livestock, pets and people by hazardous air pollutants. Water that was once pristine is now so contaminated with methane that it can be set alight. Industry studies show 5-7% of all new oil and gas wells leak and ALL wells will leak eventually.
Our water supply, which comes predominantly from the chalk aquifer, would be threatened.
Property values are falling in areas near drilling sites.
Even the energy secretary says fracking WON’T REDUCE ENERGY BILLS.
The campaign to keep Sussex a healthy and happy place for all of us to live is reliant on all of us! We are not a political organisation and nobody involved gets paid - we do it because we care. Here are the sort of awareness raising activities that your donation could help to pay for:
Posters, information leaflets, flyering
Organising screenings of films such as The Bentley Effect and PowerTrip
Organising public meetings and talks with knowledgeable guest speakers (get in touch)
Web hosting for this website
Getting the Frack Free Sussex information stand to festivals and community events
Advertising to local press
YOU CAN ALSO DONATE YOUR time and ENERGY!
The campaign to prevent fracking and any forms of unconventional drilling ruining our county is made up of an ever growing number of people LIKE YOU! We are fighting against multi-national corporations with millions of pounds to spend on PR so we need you, whatever your skills and expertise.
