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 marks the first time a major oil company has been penalized for greenwashing. “It sends a signal globally that the oil and gas industry’s common transition claims are misleading,” Johnny White, a lawyer for ClientEarth, a U.K.-based law firm supporting the complainants, told Mongabay by email. “From now on, when companies pursuing fossil fuel expansion use this type of narrative, it is neither credible nor legally safe.” In 2022, the NGOs Greenpeace France, Friends

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