French energy giant Total is abandoning its plans to build offshore wind farms, pivoting back to fossil fuels in a $1 billion deal signed in Houston. Critics call this a massive backsliding for the planet.

French energy giant Total is abandoning its plans to build offshore wind farms, a move critics call a massive backsliding for the planet. In a billion-dollar deal signed in Houston, the company is pivoting back to fossil fuels, leaving the public to wonder, who actually benefits from this reversal?