French police fire tear gas at protesters blocking TotalEnergies’ AGM FMTNews FMTWorld
Climate activists demonstrated before French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies’ annual shareholders meeting.
At dawn in the French capital, dozens of protesters tried to enter a part of the street that was blocked off by police trucks to secure the concert hall where TotalEnergies was scheduled to hold its meeting. Protesters chanted “all we want is to knock down Total” and – in reference to rising global temperatures – bellowed “one, two and three degrees, we have Total to thank”.“We won’t let them go,” said Marie Cohuet, spokeswoman for climate campaigners Alternatiba.
Climate campaigners are growing impatient with oil majors and other companies over their impact on the planet. BP got similar treatment, as did banking giant Barclays, which is accused of financing oil extraction.