Chain Reaction #120 − March/April 2014

National Magazine of Friends of the Earth, Australia

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In this edition:
·        Friends of the Earth at the G20: a grassroots human response
·        Koalas and Blue Gum Plantations
·        High ecological value State Forests to be logged in Queensland
·        Watershed on Indigenous rights needed in Victoria
·        Research on nanomaterials is lagging behind commercial developments
·        What's the story with nanoparticles in sunscreen?
·        Digging into EIA − Failures in impact assessments
·        Great Artesian Basin and Painted Desert under threat from Altona's proposed Arckaringa Coal Mine
·        The struggle for the Leard State Forest
·        Legal personality for Great Barrier Reef
·        Connecting with Torres Strait Islander communities on climate change
·        Climate change displacement and the need for pre-emptive, managed migration
·        Seaspray residents vow to do whatever it takes to protect land
·        The lies about renewable energy's cost
·        Electricity privatisation − a record of failure
·        Abbott government's wind energy health review unnecessary
·        Climate change: the situation is hopeless – let's take the next step
·        Australian yellowcake fuels Ukrainian fires
·        The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy in India
·        Fukushima apologies and apologists
·        Queensland campaign against uranium mining
·        The nuclear renaissance that never was
·        The humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons

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