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French court convicts TotalEnergies over misleading climate claims

Total Energies Petrol (gas) station along State House road,Nairobi.[FILE,Standard]

A French court Thursday ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in "misleading commercial practices" by overstating its climate pledges, in what activists said was the first such ruling worldwide against a major oil company for climate misinformation.

The case could set a legal precedent for corporate environmental advertising, which is starting to face tighter regulations in the European Union.

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