AlertNet: Risks are growing for climate and environmental activists who take a stand against Canadian firms involved in the resource extraction and energy businesses, because companies are increasingly using the law to fight back. On Dec. 5 2012, lawyers for EthicalOil.org, a lobby group that supports the exploitation of oil sands, sent a fax to the Canada Revenue Agency alleging that the Sierra Club of Canada Foundation was flouting tax laws and urging the agency to investigate. EthicalOil.org has hit...
URL: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/canadian-resource-firms-step-up-legal-fight-against-green-groups
Enclosure: http://www.trust.org/contentAsset/resize-image/c08467a3-c22b-4b66-baad-20b5a1baf871/photowide/?w=460&vn=201301221126
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