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French ministers urge oil giant to raise wages as strikes continue

One in three petrol stations struggling for fuel as striking workers call for share of oil companies’ high profits

The Guardian - UK

French strikes spread as government orders fuel depot staff back to work

French railway workers and civil servants voted on Thursday to join striking oil refinery staff with a walkout next week after the French government resorted to emergency powers to compel some fuel depot workers to return to their jobs in a bid to ease petrol shortages.

France 24

Workers at France’s refineries and fuel depots vote to continue strikes

Striking French oil refinery employees voted Wednesday to maintain blockades now in their third week, despite a government order for some of them to return to work in a bid to get fuel supplies flowing.

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French PM to requisition workers amid refineries strike

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has announced a decision to requisition workers operating petrol depots of the ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso and threatened to do the same for those of Total group, amid strikes that have led fuel pumps to run dry in the country

The Independent UK

Lebanon, Israel reach ‘historic agreement’ on maritime borders

Negotiators say a deal that satisfies both sides has been reached, with the official signing expected soon.

Al Jazeera

France’s oil strikes push on as petrol station queues worsen

The country’s total refinery output has been reduced by more than 60% over the past two weeks

The Guardian - UK

TotalEnergies offer pay deal talks with unions to stop fuel depot blockades

Bosses at TotalEnergies said on Sunday they would bring forward annual pay talks with unions if they dropped a blockade of fuel depots and refineries that has led to a shortage of petrol supplies across France.

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TotalEnergies accelerates refinery wage talks as fuel supply shrinks

TotalEnergies on Sunday offered to bring forward wage talks, in response to union demands, as it sought to end a strike that has disrupted supplies to almost a third of French petrol stations and led the government to tap strategic reserves.

Reuters

Oil companies amp up their greenwashing

A new report finds that Big Oil spent $750 million last year on climate-friendly marketing

Salon

Global fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled in 2021, analysis finds

Support amid huge industry profits is a ‘roadblock’ to tackling climate crisis, says International Energy Agency

The Guardian - UK

Amid energy crisis, EU plans to help gas-rich Mozambique boost security

The European Union is planning a five-fold increase in financial support to an African military mission in Mozambique, an internal EU document shows, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the EU's reliance on Russian energy.

Reuters

Prax Group buys new vessel to carry Lindsey Oil Refinery marine fuel to UK and European ports

Fortuna II arrives seven months after big sister Fortuna I was welcomed

Birmingham Post

Turkey resumes gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean

A Turkish ship sets off to drill for gas in the eastern Mediterranean – a move that risks inflaming regional tensions.

Al Jazeera

Exxon, Chevron Post Record Revenues

The two largest US oil companies, Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp, posted record revenue in Q2 2022 on Friday. With crude surging above $100 a barrel shortly after the Russian invasion on Ukraine, and refining margins climbing due to tight plant capacity, ExxonMobil reported $17.9 billion in profits and…

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Major plans unveiled for demolished Total Fuel site in Colwick to create hundreds of jobs

The project is said to be worth £20m

Radio France Internationale

Top French companies pay zero tax, despite year of record profits

The weekly magazine L'Obs is pleased to report that the leading French businesses made record profits in 2021, while the rest of us were cowering in fear of the coronavirus. But did they all pay reasonable taxes in France on those record earnings? L'Obs asked them just that.

The Guardian - UK

I led the US lawsuit against big tobacco for its harmful lies. Big oil is next

We may be approaching a legal tipping point for fossil fuel companies, says the author Sharon Y Eubanks

The Times of India

Total to take 25% in Adani’s $50 billion green hydrogen game

NEW DELHI: French energy major TotalEnergies will acquire a 25% stake in Adani New Industries Ltd. (ANIL), the Ahmedabad-based edible oils-to infrastructure and energy conglomerate’s new energy venture that aims to “valorise” India’s abundant low-cost renewable power potential” by investing $50 billion over 10 years to create the world’s largest…

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QatarEnergy, TotalEnergies to Collaborate on North Field East Project

QatarEnergy signed a partnership deal with France's TotalEnergies on Sunday for the North Field East expansion of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. QatarEnergy's chief executive said more partners would be announced in the coming days. The Gulf state is partnering with international energy companies in the first…

Radio France Internationale

French green activists block TotalEnergies general meeting over climate inaction

More than 100 activists tried to block oil giant TotalEnergies' annual general meeting in central Paris on Wednesday to protest the energy firm's climate policies and continued presence in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. But investors approved a controversial shareholder resolution by 88.89 percent.

The Independent UK

France: Climate protesters block TotalEnergies meeting

Several hundred climate protesters have disrupted a TotalEnergies shareholders meeting in Paris

Al Jazeera

Chadians protest as anti-French sentiments hit new highs in Sahel

In recent years, resentment against the presence of France in its former African colonies has been on the increase.

The Independent UK

Large and on charge: How to drive to Italy and back in an electric car

It may not be for the faint-hearted, but relying on Europe’s charging network on a road trip to Tuscany taught Lizzie Wingfield that swapping diesel for kilowatts is totally doable

The Guardian - UK

Uganda oil project casts shadow over Total’s eco-friendly image

French energy firm plans to drill in national park and build 900-mile pipeline in sensitive environments

InsideEVs

Volkswagen Group Global BEV Sales In Q1 2022: Almost 100,000

The group reports sales of 99,100 electric vehicles in Q1, which is 65% more than a year ago. It's also 5.2% of the total global volume.

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