Cashing in on Tar Sands: RBS, UK banks and Canada’s “Blood Oil”

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As the oil sources available to Western oil majors became scarcer, the relative commercial attractiveness of the Alberta tar sands have improved.

These extraction ventures – dubbed ‘the most destructive project on earth’ - are threatening to have a devastating impact on the global climate and destroying the way of life for indigenous communities.

RBS is 84% publicly owned and is heavily involved in making this happen.

Take action to stop public money from financing 'blood oil'.