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Investigating why the world is in crisis —and what to do about it 🌏 Podcast & newsletter by @CrisisReports. Join subscribers from 160+ countries ⬇
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The climate crisis is the result of a failed system. To survive, we must understand the intersection of energy, economics and politics. To thrive, we must build a better world—for everyone. Subscribe to Planet: Critical for weekly interviews and more: https://t.co/Rd0A6Rf9x4
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Oh boy do I have a treat for you all this week on Planet: Critical. @amywestervelt on climate corruption, corporate capture and revolution baby. Sign up now to get the interview delivered to your inbox on Thursday morning: https://t.co/lIA6f224X4
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It was such a huge pleasure to talk to @PlanetCritical_ about my research, cognitive dissonance, the climate crisis, and more: The Cognitive Dissonance Crisis | Sarah Stein Lubrano
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Our cofounder @BarnardPhoebe and advisor Joseph Merz were interviewed by Rachel Donald of @PlanetCritical_ in the @Guardian this past weekend...
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@_HannahRitchie and I went head-to-head about her book, It's Not the End of the World, and the data omissions which paint a far rosier picture of the polycrisis than her backer, Bill Gates, would have us believe. https://t.co/Gdz0sZdTUW
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The head of research at online publication Our World in Data, Hannah Ritchie, joins the Mongabay Newscast to discuss her new “radically hopeful” read, Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the...
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In @PlanetCritical_ interview, I sketch out the crisis we are in, its relation to economic, social & ecological processes & what we can do about it (Regime Change through a Green Democratic Revolution). Bit abstract at times, but includes fun metaphors. https://t.co/73JZtmk056
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Listen now | Overthrowing the ruling class
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What the IPCC gets wrong. Actuary Sandy Trust on the dangers of the IPCC's consensus process—and how this dramatically underestimates the likely impact of warming on the planet and economy. Learn more: https://t.co/4Z9nbbPI1C
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Our global economy will not survive runaway warming. But the finance industry disagrees. Actuary Sandy Trust explains the devastating future we're hurtling towards, thanks to one man's Nobel-prize winning—and incorrect—climate model. Learn more: https://t.co/4Z9nbbPI1C
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What if we’re heading for the cliff in a driverless car? https://t.co/Kok5xXStcR
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Heading over a cliff in a driverless car
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THE GREEN DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION In this excellent episode, @schneiderhome, cofounder of @PeoplesMomentum, joins me to discuss the ruling class—what they've done, how they get away with it, their failures, and why it's time to overthrow them. Listen now: https://t.co/P2K1oswvyb
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Oil is 99% of the Iraq's revenue, earning $264 million per day in 2021. The $88 billion to rebuild the nation could be raised in just one year. Yet, 25% of Iraqis live in poverty. Their president claims $150 billion has been stolen since the invasion. https://t.co/s7BkfEqQPP
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A history of weaponising oil
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Can democracy survive climate breakdown? I’m discussing this on Saturday at The Break Up of Britain conference. Get your tickets here:
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The Break Up of Britain? – The Assembly Rooms, Sat 18 Nov 2023 - This is a major conference on the democratic future of the United Kingdom and its constituent nations. One of the speakers, Caroline...
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OIL & CONFLICT Former BP CEO John Browne on what Big Oil knew—from climate change to the Iraq war. We also discuss how resources drive conflicts, and the relationship between the fossil fuel industry and governments. Listen now: https://t.co/2R5GYvCwcE
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We need an Adult in the Room to stop these overreacting teenagers we have as leaders. We are a motherless ship floating aimlessly in the universe. That is why, as for today, I propose my candidacy: VOTE THE NASTY WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD. https://t.co/2Wo2DTgG8s
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Israel claims this is a war only against Hamas. Yet in the West Bank, where Hamas has little influence, innocent Palestinians continue to be murdered en masse Why is the media not raising this with Israeli officials? Some of my discussion with @CrisisReports on @PlanetCritical_
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Shutting down the fossil fuel industry would starve the very economic system which ensured our irresponsible and greedy use of those fuels in the first place. Turning off the taps kills two birds with one stone—one mechanical, one ideological.  https://t.co/3yYXcd7En8
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You Can't Green a Broken System
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MORAL CLARITY I spoke with @Hamza_a96 about how the West both drives and buries conflict just to have access to resources around the world���particularly to get Middle Eastern oil. Watch the full episode now: https://t.co/lFjp7UvjKe
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The 600 agents of the fossil fuel industry present at COP represent our governments, the continuation of a particular world order which the most powerful nations are desperate not to upend and the engine to which modernity has tied itself. https://t.co/DeRyEaw34i
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Climate Delay and the Fossil Fuel Industry @KetanJ0 on the sophisticated evolution of greenwashing—and how it hijacked the three decades we had to effect real change. https://t.co/BJf0tjPTyH
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