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Rachel Donald

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Covers:  Cimate corruption, political corruption, environmental abuse, human rights abuse.
I investigate why the world is in crisis: www.planetcritical.com And what to do about it: www.planetcoordinate.com Join subscribers from 186 countries. On BSky

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Rachel Donald’s Biography

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Investigative journalist with three years experience investigating national and international stories myself and with a team. My experience includes print, online, radio, and my own podcast which probes the global energy, economic, and ecological crises. I have also managed multiple international teams of up to 200, and worked as a Media and Journalism professor at French universities.

As with many journalists, my personal passions fuel my professional interests: the climate, corruption and st…

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Malaysia's Indigenous Penan block roads to stop logging in Borneo

Malaysia's Indigenous Penan block roads to stop logging in Borneo

Indigenous Penan tribespeople have set up road blocks to stop a timber company from logging on land in Malays…

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More Missing Millions, More Broken Promises To Sarawak Native Landowners

More Missing Millions, More Broken Promises To Sarawak Native Landowners

A fund created to compensate natives for the forcible logging of their lands has spent less than 1% on the st…

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Win for Malaysian forest after government backs down on development plan

Win for Malaysian forest after government backs down on development plan

Activists in Malaysia are celebrating an unprecedented U-turn by the Selangor state government after it cance…

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They safeguarded nature, but now Malaysia's Mah Meri face eviction for an eco-resort

They safeguarded nature, but now Malaysia's Mah Meri face eviction for an eco-resort

An Indigenous community in Peninsular Malaysia is fighting an eviction notice that could see it displaced to …

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For Malaysia's Indigenous Penan, vaccine doubt is part of historic govt distrust

For Malaysia's Indigenous Penan, vaccine doubt is part of historic govt distrust

Deep-rooted mistrust in the Malaysian federal and state governments is preventing many Indigenous Penan peopl…

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Tiger habitat threatened by Malaysian royals' mining plans

Tiger habitat threatened by Malaysian royals' mining plans

An environmental report has revealed the Malaysian royal family is requesting permission from the Department …

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One of the biggest data centres in the world is being planned on Scottish soil. The plans for it are so obviously bullshit the developers must think we're fools.

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By Rachel Donald Verified
| Planet: Critical
I grew up in a Scottish region scarred by extractive infrastructure: quarries, coal mines, gas plants, coal plants, and one massive oil refinery. Gradually, much of that infrastructure has been decommissioned and shut down. The coal mines are long closed, the coal plant no longer running, the gas plants are being decommissioned and even the oil refinery is closing its doors.
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Everything could have been so different. One day it will be.

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By Rachel Donald Verified
| Planet: Critical
Image source: Wikimedia Commons The oil and economic crisis provoked by Trump's assault on Iran and the Iranian regime's strategic closure of the Strait of Hormuz is only going to get worse over the coming months. Prices are going to keep climbing and stockpiles are going to keep dwindling.
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The Enemy of Your Enemy is Not Your Friend

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By Rachel Donald Verified
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Like many of you, I have been glued to the news since Trump’s bizarre announcement early Saturday morning that the USA is once again at war with Iran.
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