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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Is the End Nigh? | Émile Torres

1 month ago | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

How have human beings considered extinction in the past? How is the contemporary understanding of human extinction different to the ancient world? And why is it that tech billionaires are so obsessed with it to the extent that they're making the decisions that are more likely to hasten its arrival? Philosopher of extinction, Émile Torres, has dedicated their life to answering these questions.
The Crisis of Imagination

1 month ago | planetcritical.com | Rachel Donald

Acidifying oceans, burning soils, choked atmosphere, extinct species, and those that survive migrating with nowhere to go. Genocides, wars, famines, droughts. Corporate capture of essential services and democratic institutions ripped apart by unelected individuals. Multinationals reneging on sustainability pledges and fossil fuel companies ramping up extraction while a President takes a sledgehammer to energy policies which were meant to usher in a greener future.
Climate Violence | Peter Schwartzstein

Jan 30, 2025 | 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.