Corporate Ethics International

Decoding RBS Greenwash

As 500 climate activists set up camp at RBS Global Headquarters in Edinburgh last week, the bank tried and failed to play the victim. Despite the bank�s assertions to the press, we showed that the bank is not a top funder of renewable energy (according to Bloomberg), and never offered to meet with protest leaders (according to protest leaders).

ReThink Alberta campaign launches in the U.K.

Think twice about visiting Canada until it abandons tar sands destruction

If you're still planning your summer holiday, don't be fooled by Canada's green image and Alberta's famed Rocky Mountains. Canada is the surprising home to the most destructive project on Earth, the Alberta tar sands.

Investors Press Oil Companies to Better Disclose Oil Spill Plans

In the wake of significant financial losses from the BP oil spill and in response to a proliferation of deepwater offshore drilling worldwide, more than 50 U.S. and other global investors have sent letters to major energy companies asking them to disclose information regarding their risk oversight measures, including spill prevention and response plans, for their own offshore oil operations around the world.

Pipeline spill underlines fears of new tar sands development

The type of oil that flowed through the Enbridge pipeline when it ruptured in Calhoun County on July 25 is far more damaging to the environment than regular crude at every stage, from extraction to refining, and poses higher risks when spilled into lakes and rivers

RethinkAlberta, Michael Marx on Vancouver Co-op Radio

An interview with Michael Marx about the RethinkAlberta Campaign

Pipeline Protestors Greet Obama in Chicago

Activists who oppose a controversial pipeline that would bring the world�s dirtiest oil to the U.S. demonstrated outside of a fundraising event attended by President Obama here today and called on the president to reject a permit to allow the project to move forward.

What Those Who Killed the Tar Sands Report Don't Want You to Know

Why did a parliamentary committee suddenly destroy drafts of a final report on tar sands pollution? Here's what they knew.

Top US diplomat wants Alberta to clean up oilsands

he US Ambassador to Canada is in Calgary with a message for the Alberta government. He wants more done to clean up the oilsands.

Anti-Oilsands Campaign - Alberta Primetime

A network of international citizen lobby groups has launched a gritty campaign against Alberta, telling tourists to "rethink" a trip to our province because it is home to, �the tar sands and the dirtiest oil on earth�.

CEI Launches the ReThink Alberta Campaign to stop the Tar Sands

With the Calgary Stampede underway, billboards asking Americans to rethink their travel plans to Alberta rolled out across four major US cities today (cities that bring the most US tourists annually to Alberta) marking the first wave of a multi-year ad campaign aimed at revealing Alberta to be one of the world�s dirtiest destinations.

About the Tar Sands

The Alberta Tar Sands have been called �the most destructive energy project on earth.� They are the second largest reserve of oil in the world next to Saudi Arabia. But unlike Saudi crude, tar sands oil is embedded in the soil, so it must be strip mined or melted with steam and pumped out of the ground.

What Goes Into (And Comes Out of) A Barrel Of Tar Sands Oil

As the Gulf disaster continues to unfold, people are looking at alternatives. Canada's Minister of the environment has been pitching the Alberta oil sands as a greener, safer alternative, but as Jeff Rubin said, "You know you are at the bottom of the ninth when you are schlepping a tonne of sand to get a barrel of oil."

Powerful US Congressman Sends Serious Opposition to Canada Oil Sands Pipeline

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), a senior member of Congress and chair of the powerful Congressional Committee on Energy and Commerce has penned a public letter to the Secretary of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton, in which he states strong opposition to a planned oil pipeline that would transport Canada's controversial tar sands oil to the US Gulf Coast.

'We Got that Deleted': Canada's Oil Sands Lobby Twisting Washington's Arm

As U.S. senators debate some of the most sweeping climate change laws in American history, a powerful lobbying effort led by Canadian officials and huge oil firms may be winning big concessions.