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A tropical depression near the Bahamas has strengthened into Tropical Storm Humberto, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said late Friday night.

Twenty-two Greenpeace USA climbers have formed a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas, United States, shutting down the single largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States. The climbers intend to remain secured in place for 24 hours, preventing the transport of all oil and gas through the channel.

Scientists have confirmed the presence of a new breeding and feeding area for humpback whales in French Guiana. The region is threatened by oil exploration by BP. The British energy giant is currently attempting to gain the environmental license to drill near the so-called Amazon Reef off the northern coast of Brazil, where an oil spill could devastate nearby waters and habitats including those of French Guiana. Last year, the French company Total had its license to drill near the Amazon Reef denied, but BP could start drilling as soon as this year.

Greenpeace activists from seven countries have climbed the cranes at a coal terminal in Gdansk, Poland, halting operations and the unloading of a coal shipment, the second climate emergency protest at the port this week.

Greenpeace activists have been detained as part of a climate emergency protest to stop a vessel from unloading coal in the port of Gdansk in Poland.

The carbon footprint of the global car industry equalled 9% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions in 2018, according to a new Greenpeace report. The analysis provides a critical account of the role automakers play in fueling climate change.

China’s internet data center industry emitted an estimated 99 million tonnes of CO2 in 2018, new research from Greenpeace East Asia and the North China Electric Power University shows. Researchers found that increasing the sector’s renewable energy intake by 7% over the next five years would reduce carbon emissions by 16 million tonnes.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled with Delta Western, LLC for alleged federal Clean Air Act violations at the company’s bulk petroleum storage and distribution facility in Juneau, Alaska. Delta Western distributes diesel and gasoline to commercial customers in Alaska from its facility on Mt. Roberts Street.

As fires continue to ravage the Amazon, Greenpeace International has launched a campaign asking fast food giants Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC to reject goods linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon and across Brazil.