Indigenous And Hundreds More Challenge RBC On Tar Sands
Today more than 170 people rallied outside of the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC’s) Annual General Shareholder meeting (AGM) in Toronto after a series of creative non-violent actions all morning….
Pull a Prank That Packs a Punch on Fossil Fool’s Day 2010
The fossil fools ain’t no joke – but that doesn’t mean we can’t fight them with one! The Fossil Fuel Empire is real and it’s here. The stakes couldn’t be…
Getting to Maybe with RBC
After a year of campaigning, this afternoon RBC and RAN finally sat opposite the same table to talk tar sands (here’s the background for those just tuning in). In RBC’s…
RBC Tar Sands activists have a posse
I just finished spending two weeks with some of my favorite organizers in Toronto. In the midst of strategizing to have an impactful presence at the Royal Bank of Canada‘s…
Want an Awesome Yacht? Destroy the Environment.
In the last couple of weeks a slew of articles have come out announcing last year’s earnings for some of our favorite CEO’s. • JP Morgan Chase’s CEO Jamie Dimon…
Group Therapy For Banks Hooked on Tar Sands
After more than a year of denial, RBC may be admitting that it has a problem in the tar sands. Tomorrow, we’ve learned that RBC will host a group of…
RBC to RAN: “we may indeed be able to have a productive discussion”
An article from Patricia Best in this week’s Macleans magazine offers a peek into how RBC is responding to RAN’s campaign. Here’s a peek into how RAN is responding to…
REDD Forest Agreement Still Missing Basic Elements for Sustainability
As negotiations wrapped up in Barcelona at the UN Climate Talks, the opportunity for a robust agreement to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries (REDD) is dangling…
Three Actions Across Canada Launch Campaign Against RBC’s Olympic-Sized Greenwashing
So I really like the Winter Olympics – they really put the Summer Olympics to shame. Hockey, luge, figure skating, bobsledding, downhill skiing… and even that sport that combines cross-country…
Earth to Chamber of Commerce Members: Change or Leave
The controversy surrounding the US Chamber of Commerce continues. The labor coalition Change to Win recently issued a report on how the Chamber has been hijacked by right wing ideologues,…