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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Stella Levantesi in Rome

Italian oil firm Eni faces lawsuit alleging early knowledge of climate crisis

The Eni logo seen at a gas station in Rome, Italy
The Eni logo seen at a fuel station in Rome, Italy. The company typically appears among the world’s top dozen richest oil companies. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters

The Italian oil major Eni is facing the country’s first climate lawsuit, with environmental groups alleging the company used “lobbying and greenwashing” to push for more fossil fuels despite having known about the risks its product posed since 1970.

Greenpeace Italy and the Italian advocacy group ReCommon aim to build on a similar case targeting the Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force Eni to slash its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030.

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