After Climate Push, Energy Companies Return to Fossil Fuels in Europe

November 18, 2025

TotalEnergies, the French energy giant, said on Monday that it would spend 5.1 billion euros (about $5.9 billion) to acquire a 50 percent interest in mostly natural-gas-fired power plants in several European countries, the latest move by an energy company to return to the once-shunned fossil fuel business.

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