Follow the Money: Tar Sands Protest in Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland, like most banks these days, likes to tout its green credentials. But PR flacks and fancy brochures can’t hide the fact that RBS is investing $7.5 billion into tar sands production. In fact, UK banks have underwritten 17% of all the tar sands related deals over the last three years (for more info check out this article in the Independent).
Cutting off the Keystone XL tentacle is one way to weaken the tar sands beast, cutting off the cash flow is another. Check out this video of our allies at Friends of the Earth Scotland taking the message straight to RBS in a creative — and downright musically impressive — way. Who’s going to write the next tar sands jam?








