Greenpeace accuses Total of concealing the climate impact of a refinery

What is the climate impact of the La Mède refinery, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, which produces biofuels based on palm oil imported from Asia?

The answer is not so clear for Greenpeace, which accuses the French group TotalEnergies of concealing “the real effects on the climate” of this activity.

Palm oil and deforestation

In April, the administrative court of Marseille had asked TotalEnergies to review its impact study concerning this installation, located near Marseille, judging that the document presented "a deficiency" concerning "the effects on the climate, taking into account the use of very substantial quantities of palm oil and its derivatives”.

TotalEnergies therefore submitted a new impact study in January, which will be followed by a public inquiry.

In a counter-expertise, of which AFP was able to have a copy, Greenpeace France "denounces the concealment by TotalEnergies of the real effects of its production of agrofuels on the climate and the continuation, in parallel, of the massive import of oil palm from deforestation.

“Palm oil remains the main vector of deforestation in Indonesia, a country which is home to the third largest tropical forest in the world”, emphasizes Greenpeace France.

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• Marseilles

• Palm oil

• Greenpeace

• Refinery

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