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TotalEnergies greenwashing verdict opens new front for African climate litigation

TotalEnergies greenhouse gas emissions are increasing every year, yet in an advertising campaign the company presented itself as a “major player in the energy transition”
Male student activists holding banners and placards bearing anti-fossil fuel and anti-East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project messages march through the streets of Kampala.
CompaniesEnergy, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies buys stake in Bujagali hydropower plant

TotalEnergies agreed to buy a minority stake in the Bujagali hydropower project from Norwegian energy company Scatec
An overhead picture of the Bujagali hydropower plant on the Nile River near Jinja
Energy, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies hires investment banker to review land acquisition for Uganda projects

TotalEnergies has appointed an economist and former prime minister of Benin to review its land acquisition programme in Uganda and Tanzania for the Tilenga and Pipeline projects
Lionel Zinsou is a French-Beninese economist and investment banker, and was the Prime Minister of Benin from 2015 to 2016. He has been hired by TotalEnergies to conduct a review of its land acquisition programme in Uganda and Tanzania for the Tilenga and oil pipeline projects. His review will assess land acquisition procedures, consultation conditions, compensation and resettlement of affected people, and grievance redress mechanisms. It will also assess the efforts made by TotalEnergies EP Uganda and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) to improve the livelihoods of those affected by the land acquisition.