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Total Quits U.S. Oil Lobby Group Over Climate Policy Stance

  • Membership of American Fuel & Petchem Manufacturers will lapse
  • French oil major follows Shell in leaving the association
A flare rises from a Total SA floating production and storage offloading vessel, off the coast of Angola.

A flare rises from a Total SA floating production and storage offloading vessel, off the coast of Angola.

Photographer: Rodger Stone/AFP via Getty Images

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French oil giant Total SA said it won’t renew its membership of a key industry lobby group because the organization’s stance on climate issues doesn’t align with its own.