By Simon Jessop, Kirstin Ridley and Luciana Magalhaes

LONDON (Reuters) -Brazil’s JBS has been accused of making false climate claims in a U.S. lawsuit filed by advocacy group Mighty Earth, a fresh legal challenge for the world’s biggest meatpacker ahead of global climate talks in its home country in November.

The lawsuit against JBS’s U.S. unit is the latest in a string of cases against companies over allegations of “greenwashing”, including a successful challenge to oil major TotalEnergies in a French court last week.

The case, filed with the District of Columbia Superior Court in Washington, comes days before New York Attorney General Letitia James is scheduled to submit an amended complaint in a similar case.

‘MATERIAL OMISSIONS’ ALLEGED

Mighty Earth alleges JBS made deceptive clai

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