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EU Observer (9 November 2026)

TJ JORDAN and Cecile MARCHAND

A TotalEnergies executive worked with US officials to delay the EU’s methane rules, raising questions over the company’s pledges to tackle leaks of the potent greenhouse gas.

DeSmog’s findings follow an investigation by EUobserver into US lobbying, as the EU now debates whether to delay the rules — originally due to come into force on 1 January 2027 — by either one or three years.

François-Régis Mouton, formerly vice-president of gas advocacy at TotalEnergies, has been seconded from the French oil giant since 2018 to the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), a London-based fossil-fuel industry lobby group.

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