One of the world’s top five oil companies is suing Greenpeace over what it calls a false and misleading emissions report.
The French oil giant, TotalEnergies, has filed a lawsuit against environmentalist group Greenpeace France and climate consulting firm Factor-X over a report accusing the company of massively underreporting its total greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, the company said on May 3.
TotalEnergies has for years been emphasizing a shift away from hydrocarbons after it pledged to be “net zero” by 2050.
Nonetheless, the company is still facing criticism from climate change protestors and activist investors for continued investments in oil and gas projects.
Greenpeace and Factor X accused the energy firm of emitting about 1.64 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2019 instead of the 455 million tonnes announced in public statements.They also accused TotalEnergies of releasing almost 160 million tonnes of Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions, or direct emissions, which TotalEnergies described as “fanciful and false.”
