Oil and gas giant TotalEnergies found guilty of greenwashing

Oil and gas giant TotalEnergies found guilty of greenwashing

French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies has been found by a Paris court to have deceived consumers by overstating its climate pledges and its role as an active player in the fight against global warming. The court last week ordered TotalEnergies to remove those misleading environmental claims from its website, in a move NGOs say […]

Greenwashing Is Not A Glitch – It Has Become The System

We have created a trillion-dollar distraction as we are counting, offsetting, and trading emissions instead of making a truly positive environmental difference.

First greenwashing ruling by a French court: what are the implications for Canada?

Last Thursday, in the first-ever court ruling to find an oil and gas

TotalEnergies Pushes Back Against Greenwashing Accusations after Court Ruling

TotalEnergies pushed back against “all those who want to continue accusing us of ‘greenwashing’,” following a ruling by a Paris court last week that claims made by the French energy giant on its website about its ambitions regarding its role in the energy transition and its carbon neutrality goals were likely to mislead consumers. In […]

Energy Reality: What Can’t (and Won’t) Happen

A French court found TotalEnergies guilty last week of misleading investors about renewable energy. The oil and gas company was fined for “misleading commercial practices” — basically for telling the public it was on track for carbon neutrality by 2050 and calling itself “a major actor in the energy transition.” The court disagreed. Here’s the…