Paris verdict due in TotalEnergies 'greenwashing' case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "It's misleading, there is a big gap between reality and their activities which are still mostly based on fossil fuels... and their advertising which focuses on carbon neutrality and promoting gas and biofuels as clean energy," said Juliette Renaud from the French chapter of Friends of the Earth activist group.
54% : The affair was an exploitation "of consumer protection laws to criticise the strategy of the group", TotalEnergies told AFP.
49% : A ruling against TotalEnergies "would put the oil and gas industry on notice that claiming to be aiming for net zero by 2050 when expanding fossil fuel production, or promoting gas as a climate solution, is misleading," said Johnny White, a lawyer with ClientEarth.
48% : But legal rulings have not always gone against energy companies that are making environmental claims.
39% : It requested the court order their use be halted and TotalEnergy be required to put disclaimers on its ads that include warnings about the impact of fossil fuels on the climate. - Possible precedent - "For the average consumer, it is impossible to understand that TotalEnergies is actually expanding fossil fuel production," Clementine Baldon, a lawyer for the NGOs, said at a hearing in June.
38% : The civil case stems from a March 2022 lawsuit by three environmental groups accusing TotalEnergies of "misleading commercial practices" for ads saying it could reach carbon neutrality while continuing oil and gas production.
35% : TotalEnergies maintains it has not engaged in misleading commercial practices and that it is "simplistic" to immediately stop using fossil fuels.

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