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Makoto Uchida, Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO of Nissan Motor Corporation, and Toshihiro Mibe, Director, President and Representative Executive Officer of Honda, walk following a joint press conference on their merger talks, in Tokyo, Japan, December 23, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Honda, Nissan set to announce launch of integration talks: media reports

Honda and Nissan are expected on Monday to announce the start of business integration talks, according to Japanese media reports.

Max Wilkinson has called for new builds to come with solar panels as standard amid efforts to reduce carbon emissions and cut bills (Liberal Democrats/PA)
BuildingsConstructionEfficiencyElectricityNewsPoliticsSolarUtilities

Lower housebuyers’ bills with solar panels on newbuild roofs, UK ministers urged

The 'Sunshine Bill,' a U.K. private member's bill would would bake into law a standard for newbuilds to come with solar panels on...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of NIO is pictured on the NIO House, the showroom of the Chinese premium smart electric vehicle manufacture NIO Inc. in Berlin, Germany August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
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China’s Nio says new Firefly EV to go on sale in Europe in H1 2025

William Li, Nio's CEO, told reporters in Guangzhou that the company will work with local partners on the sale and service of the...

France's flagship nuclear reactor at Flamanville in Normandy was connected to the national grid after a dozen years of delay (AFP)
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France’s most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream

The Flamanville 3 European Pressurized Reactor in Normandy started providing electricity to French homes at 11.48 am Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: A Nissan logo is seen during the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
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Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, Kyodo reports

A merger of Honda and Nissan would create the world's third-largest auto group by vehicle sales, behind Toyota and Volkswagen.

FILE PHOTO: An oil pump operates in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas.  REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
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Northern Oil and Gas in bid to acquire smaller rival Granite Ridge, sources say

Northern Oil and Gas has made an acquisition offer for Granite Ridge Resources, according to people familiar with the matter.

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing an IG Metall (Industrial Union of Metalworkers) scarf holds a banner with the Volkswagen logo, as workers gather to strike against planned cuts to wages and possible factory closures, in Hanover, Germany, December 2, 2024. Picture taken with long exposure. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
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VW, union agree to cut 35,000 jobs in Germany, avert strikes

Volkswagen strikes deal with unions, avoiding mass strikes; plans 35,000 job cuts, cost reductions, and future investments.

The Sierra Nevada del Cocuy is located in the eastern ranges of the Colombian Andes (AFP)
ClimateEconomyEmissionsEnvironmentIndigenousMiningNatural GasNewsOilPoliticsRegulations

Inter-American Court rules Colombia drilling violated native rights

The Inter-American Court ruled Colombia violated U'wa Indigenous rights by allowing resource projects on their ancestral lands, demanding remedies.

FILE - EPA Administrator Michael Regan stands near the Marathon Petroleum Refinery as he conducts a television interview, while touring neighborhoods that abut the refinery, in Reserve, La., Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
ClimateEconomyEmissionsEnvironmentNewsPolitics

EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31

Michael Regan, who has led the EPA throughout Biden's four-year term, said Friday he will leave the agency Dec. 31.

BusinessClimateEconomyEmissionsEnvironmentNatural GasNewsPoliticsRegulations

California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

California regulators delay Aliso Canyon gas facility closure, sparking debate over energy needs and community safety.

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