Catch them if you can: the pragmatic ways to cut carbon emissions

With an immense scientific consensus that manmade greenhouse gases cause climate change, there is pressure to reduce carbon emissions, but little sign that governments can reach a binding agreement to cut back sufficiently.

'No shale gas revolution in Europe'

There will be no US-style shale gas revolution in Europe, the president of the International Gas Union (IGU) has told the BBC.

Japan moves nearer to restarting nuclear reactors after court gives go-ahead

Japan’s plans to return to nuclear power generation more than four years after the triple meltdown at Fukushima received a boost on Wednesday after a court approved the restart of two nuclear reactors.