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Amid protests, fracking for shale gas has begun at a site in Lancashire in the UK. Kate Blagojevic is UK head of energy at Greenpeace, and explains why there is resistance to the practice. Crossing the Atlantic, we also hear from Seth Whitehead, a spokesperson for Energy in Depth, the education and outreach arm of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. Also in the programme, we find out why the US retail giant Sears has been forced to file for bankruptcy protection. Historian Jerry Hancock tells us about the chain's glory days. Mark Cohen, a professor at Columbia Business School and former CEO of Sears' Canadian Business, gives his assessment of what went wrong. Elizabeth Hotson reports on how the soft drink industry is adapting to a world losing its taste for sugar. Plus our regular workplace commentator Stephanie Hare explains why time-wasting meetings make her angry.

Vivienne Nunis is joined on the programme by Erin Delmore, Senior Political Correspondent with bustle.com and writer Madhavan Narayanan in New Delhi.

(Picture: Cuadrilla's drilling rig. Picture credit: Getty Images.)