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RBC is bankrolling the tar sands: Dogwood/RAN
By Alan Septoff
Friday, March 05, 2010
The Dogwood Initiative and Rainforest Action Network have targeted the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) — the #1 financier of oil sands development.
On March 3rd, 2010 Dogwood staff and Victoria residents showed up at the Royal Bank of Canada’s Victoria headquarters to draw attention to RBC’s role as Canada’s largest financier of dirty fuels, including the tar sands.
At the Dogwood Initiative blog, Eric Swanson reports on the demonstration (and stars in the video below), gives tar sands financing info, and provides RBC phone numbers you can call to urge divestment.
You can also read the Dogwood/RAN press release announcing the VIctoria demonstration.
At the RAN tar sands website, you download RBC protest materials, like this neat screen to post at RBC ATMs.
Video and photos of the RBC demonstration:
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