What's in a name? For oil companies, it's a slick move

Plus, why gasoline taxes could be key to expanding EV sales

. . . . The timing was no doubt coincidental, but just two days after a Dutch court ordered Shell (RDS.A) to enormously slash its timeline for reduced emissions, France’s Total (TOT) — the world’s fourth largest non-state-owned oil company — announced plans to change its name to TotalEnergies. Though there were howls of greenwashing from environmentalis…