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Article

28 Jul 2007

Author:
Sunday Herald [UK]

Royal Bank under fire for investing in projects that hurt environment [UK]

The Royal Bank of Scotland is facing mounting pressure over the climate-wrecking pollution it is accused of causing through its worldwide investments…Campaigners from the international development agency Christian Aid last week met senior officials from the bank in Edinburgh and urged them to take responsibility for the coal, oil and gas plants that they help fund…RBS said…“it is unreasonable to suggest that a bank should be held responsible for the carbon emissions of its customers”…