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Climate protesters face tear gas at TotalEnergies meeting in Paris

French police threw a security cordon around a shareholders' meeting in Paris of oil major TotalEnergies on Friday, spraying tear gas and pushing back climate protesters who chanted: “Be gentle, police officers, we're doing this for your kids!"

Climate

French activists trick locals with fake oil pipeline

The stunt was intended to raise awareness of a huge project in Uganda and Tanzania that will affect 19,000 households.

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Greenpeace accuses TotalEnergies of ‘shocking’ emission underreporting

Underreporting of carbon emissions throw the net zero goals of oil and gas companies into doubt, campaign group Greenpeace claim.

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French strike pits workers against government as inflation bites

Tens of thousands of French workers took to the streets across the country Tuesday, striking for pay hikes that keep up with rising inflation. The industrial action came after weeks of walkouts that hobbled oil refineries at home.

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Belgium

Protesters block two TotalEnergies facilities in Belgium

Climate activists demonstrated at TotalEnergies oil sites at Feluy and Liege in Belgium on Saturday, against sky-rocketing energy prices and the use of fossil fuels.

World

Energy in Angola: growing all sources for an energy-secure future

In partnership with Governo de Angola

Angola is Southern Africa's second-largest oil and gas producer but it's aiming to be a renewable energy power. Global Angola reports.

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Climate protesters block Total’s annual general assembly in Paris

Environmental protesters block the entrance to the TotalEnergies general meeting, which was held behind closed doors with many shareholders unable to attend.

Myanmar

Energy giants Total and Chevron leave Myanmar over human rights abuses

Total and Chevron said that the abuses had worsened since the military overthrew the civilian government in a coup last February.

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Total in Papua New Guinea: Dialogue, consultation and empowerment

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Valorization of natural resources can be a decisive contributor to the improvement of the living conditions in developing countries. Striking a balance, between realizing those resources and protecting the fragile environments and communities already there, is a major challenge.

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No limit on Total’s renewables strategy

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Diversity is the name of the game for Total. The French multinational is looking firmly to the future and further developing sources of renewable energy, particularly to feed the hunger for what the company describes as the “energy of the 21st century” - electricity.

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Total: Using biomimicry for cleaner water

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On oil and gas producing platforms, produced water is also extracted with crude oil or used to bring it to the surface. But it is often contaminated and can be harmful to fragile ecosystems if discharged without treatment.

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EV Charge: Electric mobility accessible wherever and whoever you are!

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EV Charge: Electric mobility accessible wherever and whoever you are!

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Cutting carbon emissions and power costs in Southeast Asia

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The world's demand for power has increased by 85% in the last 20 years, with production responsible for about 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. In Southeast Asia alone, energy consumption is expected to double by 2040.

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Total access to energy solutions: the future is bright

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Sunlight may turn out to be the world’s great equalizer. Total Access To Energy Solutions (TATES) is at the forefront of the campaign to deliver solar power to some of the most remote places on earth.

World

French oil giant Total in court over carbon emissions

It is the first such case against a private company in France.

France

France to end tax breaks for palm oil in biofuel

France's parliament on Friday voted to remove tax breaks for the use of palm oil as a biofuel, a day after a ruling in favour of maintaining the advantage led to howls of protests from environmentalists.

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Activists spray paint Paris building of energy firm Total

Activists from the anti-capitalist group ATTAC vandalised the Total headquarters building in Courbevoie, Paris's business district, on Saturday (October 12)

Iran

Euroviews. The Iran deal is on life support. Can Europe revive it? | View

Europe must shield Iran's economy from US strong-arming to save the nuclear deal.

France

Iraq doesn't want armed clash with Kurds

Iraq's prime minister Haider al-Abadi, in Paris on bi-lateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, has stressed he does not want an armed clash with Kurdish Iraqi authorities and urged Peshmerga forces in disputed areas to work with Iraqi security forces under the control of the central gove

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Total to buy Maersk Oil for 6.4 billion euros

Total boosts North Sea business with 6.4 billion euros deal with Maersk Oil