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A Dead River's a Real Drag Yes, Prime Minister, I'm Striking from School Issue #134 December 2018 chain RRP $5.50 reacti n The National Magazine of Friends of the Earth Australia www.foe.org.au A dead river’s a real drag Yes, Prime Minister, I’m striking from school Australian miners hone in on Ecuador States reject GMO deregulation Resist fascism: building food sovereignty Steps to take Australia to 100% renewables What would a fair energy transition look like? Nuclear industry learns to love the bomb Environmental justice movement transforms our world Friends of the Earth Australia contacts www.foe.org.au | www.facebook.com/FoEAustralia National Liaison Officers: Local Groups Phil Evans, [email protected] FoE Adelaide FoE Melbourne Quit Coal: Zianna Fuad, [email protected] Claire Anderson, 0455 958 270, c/- CCSA, 111 Franklin St. PO Box 222, Fitzroy, 3065. Kate Wattchow, [email protected] [email protected], Adelaide SA 5000. Street address – 312 Smith St, Collingwood Catherine Hearse, [email protected] David Faber (Adelaide) David Faber, [email protected] (03) 9419 8700, 1300 852081 (Freecall) www.quitcoal.org.au Robin Taubenfeld , 0411 118 737 www.adelaide.foe.org.au [email protected] [email protected], www.melbourne.foe.org.au www.facebook.com/quitcoalvic Bridgetown Greenbushes Anisa Rogers (Melb) 0434 623 164 www.facebook.com/foemelbourne [email protected], @JustEnergyVic Friends of the Forest Ed Mortimer (Sydney) www.instagram.com/foemelbourne River Country Campaign: Cam Villani (Melb) PO Box 461, Bridgetown, WA, 6255. Membership and fundraising coordinator Megan Williams, 0452 366 605 Zianna Fuad (Melb), [email protected], Jemila Rushton, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.bgff.org.au, (03) 9419 8700, 0426 962 506 www.melbournefoe.org.au/river_country Richard Wittenoom 0427 611 511 International Act on Climate: Sustainable Cities Campaign: FoE Brisbane Liaison Officers Leigh Ewbank, 0406 316 176 Rachel Lynskey, 0481 288 211 20 Burke St, Woolloongabba [email protected], [email protected], Chloe Aldenhoven (Melb), 0432 328 107 (above Reverse Garbage Qld). www.actonclimate.org.au @WeSustainCities [email protected], PO Box 8227 Woolloongabba, Qld, 4102 Waste & Consumption campaign Emma Harvey (Melb), ph (07) 3171 2255, ACE Nuclear Free Collective: [email protected] [email protected], Jim Green, 0417 318 368 Anine Cummins, [email protected] Franklin Bruinstroop (Bris), 0466 319 323 https://brisbane.foe.org.au [email protected], Yes 2 Renewables: [email protected], Jessica Lawson [email protected] Pat Simons, 0415 789 961 Peace, anti-nuclear and clean Pat Simons (Melb), 0415 789 961 [email protected] energy (PACE) campaign: Coal & Gas Free Victoria: [email protected], www.yes2renewables.org Robin Taubenfeld, 0411 118 737 Ursula Alquier, [email protected] Sam Cossar-Gilbert, @yes2renewables [email protected] @PACECollective Dirt Radio: FoE Perth June Norman (Bris), 0438 169 414 [email protected] www.3cr.org.au/dirtradio, [email protected], Pacific & Torres Strait Islands Solidarity: Mondays 10:30am and [email protected], twitter.com/FoEPerth Wendy Flannery, 0439 771 692 Tuesdays 9:30am on 3CR, www.facebook.com/FriendsofthePEarth/ Financial contributions [email protected], www.facebook.com/DirtRadio Local contact: Karun Cowper Tara Stevenson, [email protected] 0420 714 427 [email protected] FoE Far North Queensland Economic Justice Collective: (03) 9419 8700, 1300 852 081(Freecall) www.melbourne.foe.org.au/economic_justice FoE Southwest WA PO Box 795, Kuranda, Qld, 4881. 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Leigh Ewbank, 0406 316 176 Julian Brown, [email protected] Wendy Flannery (Bris), 0439 771 692 Community Foods Cairns [email protected], Market Forces [email protected] Patricia Gates and Peter Reay, Cam Walker, 0419 338 047 Julien Vincent, [email protected] ph (07) 4041 5335, [email protected], Pesticides & Drinking Water: www.marketforces.org.au, [email protected], Anthony Amis (Melb), [email protected] @market_forces, Climate and Health: www.comfoods.org.au, www.facebook.com/MarketForces Harry Jennens, 0417 418 225 Renewable Energy: www.facebook.com/communityfoodscairns/ [email protected], Pat Simons, 0415 789 961 Reverse Garbage Queensland Co-op Ltd Earthworker Cooperative [email protected] 20 Burke Street, Woolloongabba, 4102 Coal and Energy Justice: Dan Musil, 0432 485 869 Ph 3891 9744 Chloe Aldenhoven, 0432 328 107 Save the Reef: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] June Norman (Bris), 0438 169 414 www.earthworkercooperative.com.au www.reversegarbageqld.com.au Charlie Wood, [email protected] [email protected], www.facebook.com/Earthworkercoop www.facebook.com/reversegarbageqld Moira Williams Sustainable Cities & Public Transport: @Earthworkercoop @ReverseGarbageQ Community Energy: Rachel Lynskey, 0481 288 211 GM Free Australia Alliance Sustainable Energy Now (WA) Em Gayfer, [email protected] [email protected] Jessica Harrison, 0407 307 231 PO Box 341, West Perth WA 6872. @WeSustainCities [email protected] Finance, Divestment & Banks www.sen.asn.au, [email protected] Tipping Point (climate action) www.gmfreeaustralia.org.au Julien Vincent, [email protected] ph Steve Gates 0400 870 887 Militarism: Robin Taubenfeld, www.tippingpoint.org.au, Food Irradiation Watch Tulele Peisa (PNG) − [email protected], [email protected] PO Box 5829, West End, Qld, 4101. ‘Sailing the waves on our own’ 0411 118 737 Trade & Economic Justice: [email protected] www.tulele-peisa.org Sam Castro, [email protected], Sam Cossar-Gilbert (Melb), www.foodirradiationwatch.org, @FIWatch Director: Ursula Rakova, 0439 569 289 [email protected] ph Robin Taubenfeld 0411 118 737 [email protected], Food and Emerging Tech: Unconventional Gas: Goongerah Environment Centre ph 0011 675 7399 4806 Louise Sales (Tas) 0435 589 579 Zianna Fuad, [email protected] www.geco.org.au, @eastgippyforest West Mallee Protection (SA) [email protected], www.facebook.com/GECOEastGippsland War and the Environment: [email protected] www.emergingtech.foe.org.au [email protected], [email protected], Margaret Pestorius, [email protected] www.facebook.com/ ph Ed Hill 0414 199 645 or (03) 5154 0174 Wildlife of the Central Highlands Robin Taubenfeld, 0411 118 737 FoEEmergingTechProject (WOTCH): [email protected] Healthy Futures Maggie Riddington (Vic) wotch.inc@ Forests: www.healthyfutures.net.au, Wet Tropics: gmail.com , www.wotch.org.au, Sarah Day, 0474 735 678 [email protected], Ingrid Marker (Qld), cassowarykeystone www.facebook.com/VICWOTCH [email protected] Harry 0417 418 225, Kate 0438 347 755 [email protected] Ed Hill, 0414 199 645, [email protected] facebook: Healthy Futures REGULAR ITEMS FoE Australia Contacts inside front cover CONTENTS Join Friends of the Earth 4 Friends of the Earth Australia News 5 Edition #134 − December 2018 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ARTICLES Publisher - Friends of the Earth, Australia A dead river’s a real drag – Fox Pflueger 10 Chain Reaction ABN 81600610421 FoE Australia ABN 18110769501 Australian miners hone in on Ecuador – Anthony Amis 12 www.foe.org.au States reject proposal to deregulate new genetic modification techniques– Louise Sales 13 youtube.com/user/FriendsOfTheEarthAUS Rethink Melbourne’s North East Link – Rachel Lynskey 15 twitter.com/FoEAustralia Indramayu farmers against coal power – Wahyu Widianto 16 www.facebook.com/FoEAustralia Resist fascism: building food sovereignty from people’s unity – Martín Drago 18 flickr.com/photos/foeaustralia People Power in action: Communities in England resist fracking 19 Chain Reaction website www.foe.org.au/chain-reaction ENERGY & CLIMATE Four key steps to take Australia towards 100 per cent renewable electricity –
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