Chain Reaction #120 - March 2014

Chain Reaction #120 (March 2014) - see below to read articles online, or to download entire edition as a PDF click here.

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CAMPAIGNS

• FoE Australia News
• FoE International News
• Friends of the Earth at the G20: a grassroots human response
• Koalas and Blue Gum Plantations − Anthony Amis    
• High ecological value State Forests to be logged in Queensland − FoE Kuranda
• Watershed on Indigenous rights needed in Victoria − Will Mooney
• Research on nanomaterials is lagging behind commercial developments − Jeremy Tager
• What's the story with nanoparticles in sunscreen? − Louise Sales
• Digging into EIA − Failures in impact assessments − Jeremy Tager

CLIMATE, FOSSIL FUELS, RENEWABLES

• Connecting with Torres Strait Islander communities on climate change − Wendy Flannery
• Climate change displacement and the need for pre-emptive, managed migration − Claire van Herpen
• Seaspray residents vow to do whatever it takes to protect land − Phil Evans and Noah Beecher Kelk
• The lies about renewable energy's cost − Ben Courtice
• Electricity privatisation − a record of failure
• Abbott government's wind energy health review unnecessary − Leigh Ewbank
• Climate change: the situation is hopeless – let's take the next step − Peter Burdon

OTHER ARTICLES

• Great Artesian Basin and Painted Desert under threat from Altona's proposed Arckaringa Coal Mine − David Noonan
• The struggle for the Leard State Forest − Nicola Paris
• Legal personality for Great Barrier Reef − EDO Northern Qld

NUCLEAR POWER, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, URANIUM

• Australian yellowcake fuels Ukrainian fires − Dave Sweeney
• The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy in India − Gem Romuld
• Fukushima apologies and apologists − Jim Green
• Queensland campaign against uranium mining − Adam Sharah
• The nuclear renaissance that never was − Jim Green
• The humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons − Gem Romuld