I would say this headline is misleading. The first paragraph reads,
“A court in Paris ruled on Thursday that energy company TotalEnergies must account for its consumers’ greenhouse gas emissions, giving the French oil giant six months to report the environmental risks caused by the consumption of its gas and oil products.”
Also, further down,
“TotalEnergies expressed “satisfaction” that the court didn’t ban it from pursuing new oil and gas projects or force it to reduce oil and gas production.”
It is like if you caused a wildfire, and the court punishes having you “report the environmental risks caused by” your wildfire, but it will allow you to keep at it.
I would say this headline is misleading. The first paragraph reads,
“A court in Paris ruled on Thursday that energy company TotalEnergies must account for its consumers’ greenhouse gas emissions, giving the French oil giant six months to report the environmental risks caused by the consumption of its gas and oil products.”
Also, further down,
“TotalEnergies expressed “satisfaction” that the court didn’t ban it from pursuing new oil and gas projects or force it to reduce oil and gas production.”
I’m skeptical they’ll even write the report.
It is like if you caused a wildfire, and the court punishes having you “report the environmental risks caused by” your wildfire, but it will allow you to keep at it.