Ditch Dirty Development News

Next page Pages: 1 2 3 4 5

Main News Stories

Students outside the RBS AGM protest against fossil fuel funding

International Action on Financing Climate Change

Last week, climate change campaigners and activists around the world held demonstrations against the financial support propping up the fossil fuel industry. Mock trials, banner drops and a barrage of questions disrupted events put on by those involved in financing oil, coal and gas.

Summer Gathering image

Summer wouldn't be summer without The Gathering

Don't forget to bag your place at P&P's much talked about networking, training and planning event...

24 Apr 2008 Full news story
Student protests outside RBS AGM

Royal Bank Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes

At a mock trial preceding the Royal Bank of Scotland's AGM today, the bank was found guilty of environmental and climate crimes by students and given a suspended sentence to clean up its investments by 2009 or face a boycott.

Edinburgh P&P protest against the Royal Bank of Scotland - with banner reading 'The Oil Bank of Scotland: funding climate chaos'

RBS & Climate Change: Making it Happen!

The Royal Bank of Scotland's AGM is on 23 April in Edinburgh, so come along to hold them to account for their environmental crimes.

George Monbiot

Monbiot piqued by peak oil planning

In the last of his series of events as Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University, journalist, activist and People & Planet patron George Monbiot last night declared the impending climate chaos as catastrophic.

youpec 2008 logo

YouPEC 2008

Do you want to work this summer on a sustainable future? Then join 150 young people from 30 European countries at the YouPEC.

2 Apr 2008 Full news story

Leeds Students' Union passes a motion against RBS-NatWest

Leeds P&P passed a motion through their Students' Union to mandate them to lobby RBS-NatWest on their financing of oil and gas projects. To celebrate they marched an oil pipeline through the city to a NatWest branch to highlight the issue.

Oil fire in the Niger Delta

Minister says oil can be viewed as a blessing to developing countries

Minister Gillian Merron claimed today that oil has a tremendous potential to contribute to development, despite a history of negative impacts, and the role of oil exploration in climate change. She was speaking as the Ditch Dirty Development campaign was debated in Parliament.

Jamie, Mark and Raphaiella in full pirate regalia

Pirates amass in Edinburgh to Ceilidh dance and tackle climate change - Yarr!

A gale strong enough to blow ye' ship to Davy Jones's locker were a-blowin' across the Scottish main...luckily all the nearby pirates were safely moored that night in Edinburgh. With the decks swabbed for Ceilidh dancing and armed only with their green credentials, they raised £1,000 in golden ducets for People & Planet

12 Feb 2008 Full news story
NUS Logo

NUS joins boycott threat against RBS-Natwest

NUS have joined the campaign to get RBS-Natwest to cut their climate impact



© People & Planet. 51 Union Street, Oxford OX4 1JP. +44 (0)1865 245678. Contact us. People & Planet Limited - A not for profit company No. 3076463 - Chair: Joe Saxton, Treasurer: Kate Graham, Director: Ian Leggett
People & Planet Trust - A registered charity No. 326008 - Chair: Lucy Russell