How RBS funds ‘dirty oil’
Last weekend, Royal Bank of Scotland faced its biggest protests in a long history of protests. Environmental groups and hundreds of climate protesters camped on the lawn at RBS’s Gogarburn …
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RBS, the tarsands and the climate camp
Shell, RBS challenged over tarsands
Shell: investor campaigners strike blow on tar sands
Shareholders have fired another warning shot across the bows of an oil major with just under 11% of shareholder votes at today’s annual general meeting of oil …
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The Other Oil Disaster: Cancer and Canada’s Tar Sands
I can’t blame you if you’ve never heard of “Ft. Chip” – after all, there are only 1000 residents, and it’s only accessible by plane or boat. But you should hear about it, because what …
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Money spent on tar sands projects could decarbonise western economies
The £250bn cost of developing Canada’s controversial tar sands between now and 2025 could be used to decarbonise the western economy by funding ambitious solar power schemes in the Sahara or a European wide shift …
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New PLATFORM report reveals RBS is UK bank most involved in financing loans to tar sands companies
Tar sands extraction in Canada is devastating Indigenous communities, wildlife and vast areas of boreal forests, as well as being many times more carbon-intensive to produce than ‘conventional’ oil.
“We are seeing a terrifyingly high …
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Gas plant pipedream a nightmare
Another tick of approval on a $30 billion gas processing operation in the Kimberley has put Western Australia one step closer to Premier Colin Barnett’s stated aim of becoming the “Saudi Arabia of natural gas”. …
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Woodside deal with indigenous owners `farcical’
A FORMER Federal Court judge has flagged a likely legal challenge to plans to build a $30 billion gas plant in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley, citing concern over the validity of a compensation deal reached …
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Bloody oil: the struggle against the Tar Sands
Three indigenous women from Canada are visiting the United Kingdom and Ireland conducting a 10-day tour to raise awareness about the Alberta Tar Sands. Dubbed ‘the most destructive project on earth’, the Tar Sands are …
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Canada’s tar sands: KAIROS delegation statement
An Ecumenical Delegation that visited Alberta in Canada to learn more about the tar sands’ impacts on people and the earth has issued a concluding statement that tar sands pose complex questions requiring public discussion, …
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Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M
In a case which may well have implications for all resource extraction companies, Royal Dutch Shell agreed to a $15.5 million settlement to end a lawsuit alleging that the oil giant was complicit in the …
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