Climate research centre backed by ADB and UNEP will help Asian and Pacific countries develop technologies designed to decouple growth from polluting industries
Activist shareholders and protesters outside Chevron headquarters on Wednesday expressing concern about the company's use of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas
A boom in shale gas will only be practical if measures are taken to ensure these reserves are extracted in a socially and environmentally satisfactory way, said the IEA this week
The Czech Republic is considering a temporary ban on shale gas exploration as it believes existing laws covering the activity are not yet prepared to cover possible eventualities
France is joining the tens of countries now weighing up the benefits and downsides to using fracking as a means to extract natural shale gas deep beneath the surface of the earth
Environmentalists will given more ammunition to rally against the shale gas industry after the arrival of a report which will say shale gas exploration causes an increase in pollution from waste gases
