tar sands

tar sands

Canada's green-energy halo can't hide tar-sands horns

Poor Canada. It does so well at so many clean, green renewable things. It’s taken an innovative stance on solar energy, ranks ninth in the world in installed wind-energy capacity, actively encourages green building and is no slouch in the smart-communities development department either. But the nation’s reputation

tar sands

Group links top brands to 'toxic' tar sands

Leading UK brands — including Superdrug, Nouvelle recycled toilet paper and 3′ mobile — are owned by companies that profit from environmentally devastating exploitation of the Canadian tar sands for oil, according to the alternative consumer organisation Ethical Consumer. HSBC, RBS and Barclays also all play a significant role in financing tar