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Washington, May 7 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jim Lo Scalzo) A group of environmentalists in Washington protested on Friday in front of a Wells Fargo Bank branch over their "financing" of the Line 3 oil pipeline.The Keystone XL pipeline - banned by former President Barack Obama in 2015 after a lengthy review of its environmental impact, finally followed by a presidential veto after approval by Congress - aims to transport some 830,000 barrels a day of oil from Canada's Alberta to different locations in the US, including Texas refineries.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN WASHINGTON
Climate activists stage a demonstration warning of "polluted" profits outside Unilever's HQ in London on eve of the company's annual earnings announcement. IMAGES
Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES
Climate change campaigners target the UK headquarters of oil giant TotalEnergies with paint, protesting the French firm's alleged human rights violations in the construction of a contentious oil pipeline in Uganda. IMAGES
In Paris, in the presence of Greta Thunberg, environmental activists unveil giant dollars to put pressure on leaders meeting at the summit for a new financial pact to "put an end" to fossil fuel financing. IMAGES
Just Stop Oil activists are arrested on the day of Charles III's coronation in London. One protester shouts "I have nothing against the coronation, just to hold up a banner, is all I wanted to do. And that's because four billion people are watching." IMAGES
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