Hospitality Employees and Las Vegas Casinos in Critical Labor Talks

After its members voted at the end of September to authorize a citywide strike, unions representing approximately 53,000 Las Vegas workers commenced critical negotiations with hotel and casino operators on Tuesday.

The culinary workers union and the stewards union represent employees at...

The city in Nagasaki Pref decides not to request a government survey of a nuclear waste site.

Wednesday, the mayor of Tsushima, a city in southwestern Japan, announced his decision not to apply to the state for a preliminary survey to determine the city's suitability to host an underground disposal site for highly radioactive refuse from nuclear power production.

"There...

Total Energies eliminates Canadian oil sands and increases production in a market with reduced prices

French oil and gas giant Total Energies announced on Thursday that it had accepted a $4.1 billion offer from Suncor Energy to buy its carbon-intensive Canadian oil sands operations. There could also be further payments of up to $450 million.

The corporation initially intended to spin of...

French company Kering has committed to a 40% reduction in emissions by 2035.

Kering, a French luxury goods company, has pledged to cut its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2035, relative to a base year of 2021. To mark the sixth anniversary of the group's 'Crafting Tomorrow's Luxury' strategy, Kering has announced a new goal spanning scop...

When risky, inexpensive plastic surgery goes wrong.

After having more than 30 procedures in six months after having a gastric band placed, 29-year-old Mexican woman Magnolia Camacho tragically passed away earlier this year. A 26-year-old woman in 2021 tragically passed away following cosmetic surgery. Many women in the Mexican state of Sinaloa get...

After a surprising cut by OPEC and allies, European markets end the day lower, while oil and gas stocks rise by 4 percent.

Monday's slight decline across Europe's stock markets came as investors focused on the oil market in the wake of a surprise production cut by the OPEC+ alliance.

After being flat for most of the afternoon, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index ended up 0.1%.

Brent crude fut...

What's behind oil companies' advocacy for climate change technology

The oil industry appears to be doing well by most accounts. The demand for oil and gas is still very strong, and the industry made remarkable profits last year. But the industry is also feeling the heat to solve the climate crisis, and it wants a piece of the federal government's massive pie ...

Under the microscope because of global warming, France's meat production is being called "a wake-up call for the industry."

Dietary shifts are necessary to become more environmentally responsible, as meat intake is still the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions from the food industry. This means that producers who raise livestock will have to become more creative in their methods of output. It was announced on F...

A YouTuber-turned-lawmaker has been ordered to apologise for missing Diet

A YouTuber-turned-lawmaker living abroad was ordered on Tuesday by the disciplinary committee of Japan's upper house to apologise to parliament for missing all of his sessions since being elected to the Diet last year.

If Yoshikazu Higashitani, better known as GaaSyy, does not compl...

Gas producers in the United States scrimped on price hedges and now face a punishment.

Natural gas price declines will affect gas producers' first-quarter profitability and cash flows because hedges - the industry's equivalent of price insurance - were insufficient to offset predicted losses, according to analysts and industry experts. Producers who begin the year with fewe...

An asthma research has sparked a discussion about whether or not using gas in the kitchen is safe.

In the United States, proposals have been made for stricter regulation of kitchen stoves in light of new research that ties natural gas cooking to roughly 12% of childhood asthma cases. With an effect on health similar to second hand smoke, the study's authors concluded that their data reveal...

Companies in the oil and gas industry are taking Los Angeles to court over the city's ban on oil and gas drilling.

Legal action has been taken against the City of Los Angeles by an oil business with operations in the Wilmington area as a result of the City's statute prohibiting the construction of new wells and phasing out drilling altogether. Warren Resources, the company that runs the 10-acre oil-extrac...

For CES 2023, JETRO will present 36 innovative Japanese companies.

36 Japanese entrepreneurs will be exhibiting at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada, from January 5th to the 8th with the help of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

There will be an exhibition of ground-breaking, state-of-the-art innovations developed by J-Startup Program particip...

Russia now ranks among India's most important crude oil suppliers to the Hardeep Puri

The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, made the statement on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed their countries' bilateral ties and energy cooperation over the phone.

Puri, speaking at a press conferen...

The court has denied aid applications for the children of Nagasaki A-bomb survivors

A Japanese court on Monday dismissed a damages action filed by the children of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors seeking government financial assistance.

The Nagasaki District Court decided that the state's refusal to provide help to so-called second-generation hibakusha, who were born...

The truckers' strike has caused a gasoline deficit.

According to the energy ministry, a countrywide strike by the country's unionized truckers has caused some local petrol stations to run out of gasoline and diesel, leading owners of automobiles and buses to brace for a full-fledged fuel scarcity next week.

Up to 80% of cargo trucker...

Germany proposes a one-year moratorium on energy price increases.

The administration has already stated that the cost of gas and electricity would be capped next year. According to Bild, energy companies may now be prohibited from boosting rates, with previously announced increases due to be reversed.

The German government plans to prevent energy prov...

Quarterly Profit for Exxon Hits All-Time High, Almost Equals Apple's

On Friday, Exxon Mobil Corp. reported a quarterly profit that nearly matched that of tech giant Apple, shattering analysts' forecasts thanks to rising energy prices.

With rising natural gas and oil prices, the company's net profit for the third quarter of 2018 was $19.66 billion...

A further demonstration of energy cooperation is France's gas exports to Germany

European nations must rely on one another to survive through the approaching winter since Russian gas supplies have been cut off. It has been decided that France will supply Germany with natural gas in exchange for Germany providing France with power. FRANCE 24 analyzes the pros and cons of this ...

Reports allege that 50 meters of underwater pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany were destroyed.

An explosion last month likely wiped out at least 50 meters (164 ft) of an underwater pipeline transporting Russian gas to Germany. According to sources, the large tear in the Nord Stream 1 pipe was captured on camera by a Norwegian robotics company and reported by the Swedish tabloid Expressen.<...