TotalEnergies CEO's words come back to bite him in US offshore wind lawsuit

Comments from Pouyanné that TotalEnergies approached US government to strike deal over planned offshore wind farm now being seized on in court battle to cancel settlement agreement

Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of TotalEnergies SE, shakes hands with US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum after signing an agreement in March to end the French company's offshore US wind farm projects and redirect those funds towards fossil fuel production. Photo: RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP

Cosmo Sanderson

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