London 2012 chiefs have been criticised in an open letter, signed by LMN and other organisations, for allowing the oil giant to be major sponsor and official ‘carbon offset partner’.
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/17/olympic-games-protest-bp-sponsorship.
There is more tar sands campaign news and urgent action requests at http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/02/olympics-slammed-over-bp-sponsorship/.
See also the photo essay on the Alberta tarsands and the impacts of tarsands exploitation on Indigenous Peoples at http://www.conversationsearth.org/index.php?temp=media&id_story=55.