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The former Minister for Ecological Transition also believes that it is “shameful today that we continue to have so much investment in fossil fuels”.
“It is absolutely shameful today that we continue to have so many investments in fossil fuels”estimated Friday, May 27 on franceinfo Barbara Pompili, former Minister of Ecological Transition, legislative candidate in the Somme.
“I have always considered that oil companies have a very strong responsibility” and that they “had to show that they could reorient themselves” towards renewable energy, she says. The former minister is targeting the French group TotalEnergies in particular: “even if they have diversified, things are not going fast enough”.
Barbara Pompili also reacted to the irruption on Wednesday of environmental activists at the general meeting of TotalEnergies, whose images have “extremely shocked”, and in particular the reaction of the shareholders present, some insulting the activists. A behavior “very cartoonish” who gives the picture “of those who defend their profits now, not giving a damn about the consequences it will have”. She believes that the CEO of TotalEnergies should “condemn these words” held by certain shareholders.
The former Minister for the Ecological Transition admits that it is difficult to completely do without fossil fuels. “We are not going to stop using gas and oil overnight, it would be known if we could do it”. Barbara Pompili points to the latest IPCC report, which shows “that we have enough gas and oil in use, we don’t need to look for it elsewhere”. For Barbara Pompili, it is better to invest in “the transition” and the “renewable energy”.
General Assembly of Total ➡️ “I was very shocked. It is the image of those who defend their profit now by not caring about the consequences”, considers Barbara Pompili who “hopes” to hear Patrick Pouyanné condemn these remarks. pic.twitter.com/K2kbavHPwk
— franceinfo (@franceinfo) May 27, 2022