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Hundreds of climate activists have occupied land at the Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters in protest at its multi-billion pound loans to the oil and mining industries, including firms involved in exploiting Canadian tar sands.
A new WDM/PLATFORM report released today finds that transforming the Royal Bank of Scotland into the Green Investment Bank would kick start the green energy revolution. The research, by former Pricewaterhouse Coopers consultant, James Leaton, finds that it would bring 50,000 new green jobs a year, boost the UK economy, reduce the UK's carbon emissions and improve international competitiveness - whilst not increasing the budget deficit.
In a letter to the Guardian the Royal Bank of Scotland's spokesman is shown to either be lting or grossly mis-informed about its investments in Canadian tar sands
Pressure groups take Treasury to court for second time in a year over failure to assess the environmental and human rights impact of RBS
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