French court convicts TotalEnergies over misleading climate claims

A French court Thursday ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in “misleading commercial practices” by overstating its climate pledges in the first ruling of its kind against a major oil company.

The Paris court ruled that TotalEnergies had made environmental claims that “misled” consumers into believing that it could achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 while increasing oil and gas production.

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The court, however, dismissed complaints over TotalEnergies linked to its fossil gas and biofuels. Activists argued that they had deceptively promoted gas and biofuels as clean energy.

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