Comments on: Toronto activists award RBC “fossil fool of the year” for Tar Sands financing

By: Werner

Werner — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:34:36 +0000

Chad and Andrew… boys, get is together. We already know that most of the world is built around the idea that fossil fuels will last forever… that’s the first problem. The world is running out of fossil fuels and the sooner the world converts to renewable energy, the sooner we can build a clean, productive world. April first is actually Fossil Fools Day – and Canada’s Fossil Fools of the year is the Royal Bank of Canada. I hope you both managed to pick up a copy of the flyer – read it please. It’s got the information you need to understand why a protest of such a nature is necessary – the bank is not behing held accountable for its public promises. This is actually really simple stuff boys. Take a break from your anger and try to understand the problem. See for yourselves what is right and what is wrong. Everything, including the food we eat to fuel sex is based upon the use of fossil fuels. Get the story right and then come back and make your comments.

By: Fossil Fool’s Day Round Up « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Fossil Fool’s Day Round Up « It’s Getting Hot In Here — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:19:57 +0000

[...] the area to buy offsets to counter their cheating in an eerie parallel to carbon trading schemes. Toronto: Five actions took place in Toronto targeting the Royal Bank of Canada. Rainforest Action Network [...]

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The Understory » Fossil Fool’s Day Round Up — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:06:33 +0000

[...] Toronto : Five actions took place in Toronto targeting the Royal Bank of Canada. Rainforest Action Network kicked the day off by dropping banners off of a highway, greeting over 4,000 cars stuck in deadlock traffic over a period of two hours. From bridges, we broadcast messages about Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)’s financing of the Canadian Tar Sands from our makeshift Pirate Radio station. Our banners read “Pirate Radio 89.9 FM Tune in now” and “Royal Bank creates climate chaos. Renewables not tar sands.” They then dressed up like RBC employees and rode the elevators for hours asking RBC employees about tar sands. [...]

By: Madeline Gardner

Madeline Gardner — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:04:13 +0000

Awesome action. Way to go everyone. We will only get a green and just future when seek collective solutions and systematically stop the polluters from destroying our planet and our future. Calling out RBC is some of the most noble work anyone could be doing on a Wed. Thanks!

By: stan

stan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:11:34 +0000

i disagree . . .andrew is obviously ill informed about the immense damage done by the tar sands to the air,water,forests, farmland and health of nearby people and also the harm done to the earth itself by huge greenhouse gas emissions. . .royal bank,as well as other banks care only about the return on investment,which is pretty shallow thinking and ignores the destruction caused by this tar sands industry.

By: Chad S

Chad S — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:54:59 +0000

I agree with andrew g

By: andrew g

andrew g — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:22:51 +0000

glad to see all the “fossil fuel” fools out there protesting. how many of you idiots got there by car, train , subway or bus?? the same banners you are holding, how much “fossil fuel” did they take to make?? because everything uses fossil fuel to make ( except love)
get real, rbc investing will hopefully make it more eficent(sp) but it will never go away.
you just added more by making usless posters, banners and traveling unnessarly for a stupid protest– dosen’t anybody WORK any more on a wednesday?? instead of trying to stop it figgure out a way to make it cleaner, because even if you ride a bicycle- it takes fossil fuels to make the same bicycle.
if the idiots that do all this protesting actually spent their time doing something productive, mabe we could go forward in this world

By: admacisaac

admacisaac — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:42:05 +0000

Great job Josh and many others with getting more education out there for Canadians to know what is happening with RBC and the Tar Sands.