TotalEnergies has been criticised for “ocean grabbing” in South African oceans with oil and gas projects.The Green Connection is lobbying members of the French and European Parliaments about TotalEnergies' offshore oil and gas projects in South African oceans.loom has urged 78 financial institutions to stop investing in TotalEnergies' oil and gas projects in Africa.
The Green Connection held meetings in Paris and Brussels this month with French MPs and members of the European Parliament, urging them to push TotalEnergies to"move away from fossil fuels and towards renewables", said Liz McDaid, strategic lead at the Green Connection. During Tuesday's briefing, Swann Bommier, Bloom's advocacy and campaigns director, said that about 100 members of the European Parliament, French Parliament, and mayors had shown support for the campaign against TotalEnergies.