Planet: Critical

We are at a crucial moment for our world, grappling with a worldwide energy crisis, economic challenges, and environmental issues. Corruption and inequality play significant roles in these problems, but the complexity of the situation adds to the difficulty. To address these challenges, we need to think critically and understand the broader context. This project aims to tackle these issues head-on.

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Climate Violence | Peter Schwartzstein

2 months ago | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -57:24Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Peter Schwartzstein is an environmental journalist and researcher, and author of The Heat and the Fury which investigates the relationship between violence and climate change. He joins me to explain how a changing climate is creating pockets of violence in poor and rural communities around the world.
Cyber-Security Experts Warn Election Was Hacked

Nov 19, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Cyber-security experts across America are raising the alarm of wide-scale election fraud securing Trump’s victory — and the data is compelling. Two open letters penned by computer scientists and hacking experts have detailed how the USA’s election software was compromised and the relatively simple hack which could have then been used to fix the results in the seven swing states.
The Rapist in the Oval Office

Nov 11, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald |Grace Blakeley |Emily Atkin |Abigail Bergstrom

I have been wracking my brains over the weekend about how to add something of use to the rhetoric surrounding Trump’s election. I was going to expand upon a Note I had written but economist beat me to the punch with an excellent analysis of the material factors which drove the working class to vote for Trump. I thought about writing about why clean tech billionaire Elon Musk joined up with Big Oil fanatic Trump, but offers some excellent theories on the emergency podcast we recorded last week.
WTF | Emily Atkin

Nov 7, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Beside his extensive sexual assault of women, Trump’s political agenda involves violently assaulting the planet, climate legislation, industry regulations, state-led climate agendas and international negotiations. And that was just the first time round. His second term will likely be far worse, with his team having had four years to plan.
The Handmaid's Warning

Nov 4, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

A few weeks ago my partner and I did a whistle-stop tour through the UK and lined up dinners with as many friends as possible. One of these dinners saw me meeting a couple he has known for years for the very first time. The first half of dinner was charming, full of laughter and mutual interest and intimate mockery: you know, one of those dinners that makes you really feel like you’re in your thirties. Then the conversation turned political.
The Renewables Solution | Auke Hoekstra

Oct 31, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Auke Hoekstra, Director of the NEON Research Program, says they can. The renewables researcher firmly states that we can power this society on renewables energy, dramatically reducing the harms caused by our current energy system and providing equitable access to energy. However, he does not think this means the renewable roll-out is inevitable thanks to political and economic forces built on fossil fuelled power.
BRICS Rejects Global Climate Action

Oct 28, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Sovereignty was the theme of this year’s BRICS Summit, the 16th annual conference of major oil producing and rapidly developing countries. BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—are now fielding membership applications from all over the majority world, including one NATO member: Turkey. The alliance is now undeniably formidable, hosted in the heart of Moscow by the supposedly isolated Putin who looked anything but.
Nuclear and Justice | Jessica Lovering

Oct 24, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. This is Jessica Lovering's question, co-founder of the Good Energy Collective. She says the most important thing is to lift one billion people out of energy poverty. To do that, we need a low carbon source of energy without intermittency issues. Because of this, she says, nuclear is a form of environmental justice.
How Net Zero Killed 1.5 | James Dyke

Oct 10, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. The celebrated target marked in ink in 2016 has been killed by the focus on technocratic solutions over systemic change. Now, rather than address the frightening reality spawned by delusion and incompetence, we're heading even faster towards two degrees—and that being the new acceptable target. Earth system scientist James Dyke explains that we cannot allow this new target to be set, which the fossil fuel industry is pushing for.
The Plastic Crisis | Jane van Dis

Oct 3, 2024 | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Plastic. It’s ubiquitous. We are now learning it’s also insidious. Plastic is linked to numerous serious health conditions, from cancers to heart disease. It’s changing our DNA—and now babies are being born pre-polluted. Jane van Dis is a medical doctor, academic and co-founder of ObGyns For Sustainable Future within Healthcare Without Harm.