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France’s Total quits top US oil lobby in climate split

A Total petrol station along Thika highway, Nairobi. August 5, 2020. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

France’s Total on Friday became the first major global energy company to quit the main US oil and gas lobby due to disagreements over its climate policies and support for easing drilling regulations.

Total said it would not renew its 2021 membership with the American Petroleum Institute (API) following a review of the lobby’s climate positions, describing them as being only “partially aligned” with its own.

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