Published three times a year, Chain Reaction is the national magazine of Friends of the Earth, Australia. Published since 1975, Chain Reaction has built up a loyal audience and earned a reputation as a progressive magazine at the forefront of environmental and social debates in Australia. You can read a short history of Chain Reaction here.
Latest issue: Chain Reaction #139, May 2021
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Regular items
Friends of the Earth Australia News
Black Lives Matter
Mining companies have operated with a free rein and few consequences for too long ‒ Jamie Lowe
Black Lives Matter ‒ Friends of the Earth U.S. and Australia statements
Black lives, white lies ‒ Lidia Thorpe
Australia still turns a blind eye to Aboriginal people dying in police custody ‒ Celeste Liddle
Our struggles, while not all the same, are interconnected ‒ Bridget Harilaou
Covid-19
We live in dangerous times, not unprecedented times ‒ Kris. Rallah-Baker
Policing as part of the national psyche ‒ Osman Faruqi
Climate / Energy
Toda Pacific Declaration on Climate Change, Conflict and Peace
Fossil gas ‒ households in hot water ‒ Jim Crosthwaite
Community vs. gas in a post-coronavirus Victoria ‒ No New Gas Working Group
Marine cloud brightening – a fossil fuel industry smokescreen? ‒ Louise Sales
Other articles
Melbourne Metro 2: A boon for public transport connectivity ‒ Natasha Manawadu
Australian uranium fuelled Fukushima ‒ Jim Green and David Noonan
Agriculture Minister's trust in pesticide safety puts public health at risk ‒ Richard Nankin
Creative Content ‒ Eleanor March, Suse Scholem and Sue Stack
Nuclear waste and nuclear medicine in Australia ‒ Dr Margaret Beavis
Reviews
Film review: Michael Moore's weird world of renewable energy haters
Biotech juggernaut: hope, hype, and hidden agendas
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PAST ISSUES
Issue #139 - May 2021 - click here.
Issue #138 - May 2020 - click here.
Issue #137, December 2019 - click here
Issue #136, August 2019 - click here
Issue #135, April 2019 - click here
Issue #134, December 2018 - click here
Issue #133, September 2018 - click here
Issue #132, April 2018 - click here
Issue #131, December 2017 - click here
Issue #130, September 2017 - click here for PDF
Issue #129 - click here for PDF
Issue #128 - click here for PDF
Issues #97 (2006) to #127 (2016) are posted here
Old issues from 1975 to 1994 are posted here
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"Chain Reaction is a worthwhile and accessible avenue for identifying teacher and student resources as well as keeping up to date on environmental issues." -- Journal of the Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria, March 2011.