Oil and gas companies in the United States are lagging behind other industries when it comes to implementing policies that are inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees, according the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index.
Volkswagen said it has cut £701million from its investment plan for the next year following on from the emissions scandal it has been embroiled in.
The company said it would cap spending on property, plant and equipment at around $12.8billion, which is around 8% less than its previous estimate.
A power station is to stop generating electricity and will close after 46 years.
E.ON said the Ironbridge Power Station in Shropshire will reach its 20,000 hours limit of generation under an EU directive aimed at lowering emissions of certain pollutants.
Former employee Mike Smith has been invited back to press the button to end generation on Friday and mark the closure of the plant, which used to be powered by coal but was converted to biomass in 2012.
An agreement has been signed between Egypt and Russia for its to build a nuclear plant in the African country.
Russia will also extend a loan to Egypt to cover the cost of the construction.
Climate change talks in Paris are poised to leave global temperatures on course for their highest level in three million years, former Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned.
Government attempts to improve the energy efficiency of poor households to a decent standard will not hit target until the year 2130, Labour has claimed.
Ministers have to ensure as many households in fuel poverty - regarded as being unable to afford to be adequately heated due to low incomes and high energy costs - as “reasonably practicable” meet the band C energy efficiency standard by 2030.
But shadow energy minister Clive Lewis warned just 70,000 houses were improved between 2010 and 2013, leaving hundreds of thousands of people still to benefit from changes which will lower their energy bills.
The transportation of people and goods accounted for about 25% of all energy consumption in the world, with petrol and diesel the two dominant fuels, according to new figures released by the US Energy Information Administration.
A Government “assault” on Britain’s clean energy industries must come to an end because it is putting thousands of jobs at risk, the shadow energy secretary has warned.
Oilfield services firm RMEC has appointed pumps and valves industry veteran Steve Burgess as product line manager for its new pumping service offering.
Russia has warned it will target tanker trucks believed to be connected to Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
The country released footage which showed its fighter jets have been targeting oil trucks as well as a refinery as it looks to cut the terror group’s main source of income.
Russian military official Andrei Kartapolov was quoted by news sources in which he said his country was in a “free hunt” against tanker trucks carrying oil products believed to be belonging to terrorists.
Revelations that top officials are suspected of pilfering the equivalent of almost the entire annual defense budget would cause shock waves in most countries. Not in Nigeria, where the public sees political power and graft as bedfellows.
The novelty this time is that President Muhammadu Buhari immediately ordered the arrest of a former national security adviser, after a government commission found that he and other officials allegedly misappropriated as much as $5.5 billion that was supposed to buy equipment to fight Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
“I don’t think Nigerians would be very surprised about somebody stealing $5 billion at all,” Boye Gbadebo, a Nigerian national who works as an Africa analyst at consultancy Ake Partners, said by phone from Johannesburg.
A huge march through Paris on the eve of international climate talks in the French capital will not go ahead following Friday’s terror attacks.
The organisers of the march, which had been expected to draw as many as several hundred thousand people on Sunday November 29 calling for strong action on climate change, had hoped to go ahead with the demonstration despite the attacks.
But in the wake of the killings in Paris, French authorities have told the coalition of campaigners it cannot proceed.
Aberdeen hotels suffered a further slump in trade in October as the wider impacts of the oil and gas industry downturn continued to hit hard, new research findings show.
The latest monthly LJ Forecaster Scottish Intercity Report from tourism market specialist LJ Research says revenue per available room (revpar), a key benchmark for the sector, tumbled “unprecedentedly” below £50.
Aberdeen’s revpar was £49.18, its lowest rate for several years and down by 37% on October 2014, according to LJ Research.
The announcement that the UK is phasing out coal has been widely welcomed, but plans to shift to gas power have been described as an alcoholic swapping one type of drink for another.
Volkswagen AG’s “goodwill gesture” of $1,000 worth of gift cards to owners of cars with engines that pollute more than the law allows is helping the company identify those autos when it comes time to fix them, Audi of America President Scott Keogh said Tuesday.
The boss of Shell’s Canadian operation will step down from her role by the end of the year.
Lorraine Mitchelmore has held the role of president for the company’s operations in the country for the past six years.
Energy Assets, the largest independent provider of industrial and commercial (I&C) gas metering services in the UK, has received a £10million funding boost to help its growth plans.
Seismic specialist TGS said it will be reducing its global headcount by up to 130 jobs.
The Norwegian company said the move has been made in a bid to improve efficiency and competitiveness during challenging market conditions.
Cameron International has said it will reduce its headcount further as the low oil price continues.
The company said around 75 jobs would go in early January next year.
The move comes after the company previously said it would be letting 150 staff members go this autumn.