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Issue #133 September 2018 chain RRP $5.50 reacti n The National Magazine of Friends of the Earth Australia www.foe.org.au Climate change and Australia’s ‘national security’ Vic logging experiment designed to kill Risks to Australian drinking water quality Rising tide of court cases threatens Shell Climate displacement in the Pacific Just and equitable urban greening? The heart of Australia’s anti-nuclear resistance Time for super funds to come clean on climate Biological warfare in the conquest of Australia Friends of the Earth Australia contacts National Liaison Officers: Local Groups Cam Walker, 0419 338 047, FoE Adelaide FoE Melbourne Quit Coal: Zianna Fuad, [email protected] [email protected] c/- CCSA, 111 Franklin St. PO Box 222, Fitzroy, 3065. Catherine Hearse, Phil Evans, [email protected] Adelaide SA 5000. Street address – 312 Smith St, Collingwood [email protected] Claire Anderson, 0455 958 270, Richard Smith [email protected] (03) 9419 8700, 1300 852081 (Freecall) www.quitcoal.org.au [email protected], David Faber, [email protected] [email protected] www.facebook.com/quitcoalvic Leigh Ewbank, 0406 316 176, www.adelaide.foe.org.au www.melbourne.foe.org.au [email protected], www.facebook.com/foemelbourne [email protected] Bridgetown Greenbushes www.instagram.com/foemelbourne @JustEnergyVic International Friends of the Forest Membership and fundraising coordinator River Country Campaign: Liaison Officers PO Box 461, Bridgetown, WA, 6255. Jemila Rushton, [email protected] Megan Williams, 0452 366 605 [email protected], Chloe Aldenhoven (Melb), 0432 328 107 (03) 9419 8700, 0426 962 506 [email protected] [email protected], www.bgff.org.au, Act on Climate: Sustainable Cities Campaign: Emma Harvey (Melb), Richard Wittenoom 0427 611 511 Leigh Ewbank, 0406 316 176 Rachel Lynskey, 0481 288 211 [email protected] FoE Brisbane [email protected], [email protected] Franklin Bruinstroop (Bris), 0466 319 323 20 Burke St, Woolloongabba www.actonclimate.org.au @WeSustainCities [email protected], (above Reverse Garbage Qld). Waste & Consumption campaign Pat Simons (Melb), 0415 789 961 PO Box 8227 Woolloongabba, Qld, 4102 ACE Nuclear Free Collective: [email protected], ph (07) 3171 2255, AC Hunter, [email protected]. Anine Cummins, Sam Cossar-Gilbert, [email protected], Jim Green 0417 318 368 [email protected] [email protected] https://brisbane.foe.org.au [email protected], Yes 2 Renewables: Madeleine Egan, Pat Simons, 0415 789 961 Peace, anti-nuclear and clean Coal & Gas Free Victoria: [email protected] [email protected] energy (PACE) campaign: Ursula Alquier, [email protected] www.yes2renewables.org Financial contributions Robin Taubenfeld, 0411 118 737 Dirt Radio: @yes2renewables Tara Stevenson, [email protected] @PACECollective www.3cr.org.au/dirtradio, FoE Perth (03) 9419 8700, 1300 852 081(Freecall) [email protected] Mondays 10:30am and Pacific & Torres Strait Islands Solidarity: Tuesdays 9:30am on 3CR, [email protected] Membership issues Wendy Flannery, 0439 771 692 www.facebook.com/DirtRadio www.facebook.com/FriendsofthePEarth/ twitter.com/FoEPerth, Melbourne: (03) 9419 8700, 0426 962 506 [email protected], Economic Justice Collective: Local contact: Karun Cowper Jemila Rushton, [email protected] www.melbourne.foe.org.au/economic_justice FoE Far North Queensland 0420 714 427 [email protected] Other states − see Local Group contacts. [email protected], 0439 569 289 PO Box 795, Kuranda, Qld, 4881. FoE Southwest WA Ph John Glue 0477 771 384 Food co-op: Affiliate members email [email protected] or [email protected] [email protected], ph (03) 9417 4382 Joan Jenkins (South Bunbury), 0428 389 087, [email protected] Australian Student www.foefnq.org.au, Forest Collective: www.facebook.com/FriendsoftheEarthFNQ Environment Network (ASEN) Sarah Day, 0474 735 678 FoE Sydney [email protected], [email protected] Jason Ray, [email protected] www.asen.org.au, www.foe.org.au www.foe.org.au/Sydney www.facebook.com/asen.org.au, www.facebook.com/foesydney Anisa 0434 623 164, Lily 0432 023 705, twitter.com/FOESydney Ruby 0472 525 719. www.facebook.com/FoEAustralia CounterAct The Hub Foundation, Castlemaine Nicola Paris, [email protected] http://mash.org.au/about-the-hub-foundation National campaigns, projects and spokespeople www.facebook.com/counteractive, [email protected], 0455 589 065 @CounterActOz, www.counteract.org.au Anti-Nuclear and Clean Energy (ACE): Latin America Indigenous In Our Nature Jim Green (Melb), 0417 318 368 communities solidarity: Community Foods Cairns Kitobo Colobus Project in Kenya. [email protected], Marisol Salinas, [email protected] Patricia Gates and Peter Reay, Julian Brown, [email protected] Robin Taubenfeld (Bris), 0411 118 737 Murray-Darling Basin Plan: ph (07) 4041 5335, [email protected], [email protected], Market Forces Megan Williams, 0452 366 605 www.comfoods.org.au, Julien Vincent, [email protected] Climate Justice: [email protected] www.facebook.com/communityfoodscairns/ www.marketforces.org.au, Leigh Ewbank, 0406 316 176 Climate Frontlines (Pacific & Torres [email protected], Earthworker Cooperative @market_forces, Strait Islands Climate Justice) www.facebook.com/MarketForces Dan Musil, 0432 485 869 Climate and Health: Wendy Flannery (Bris), 0439 771 692 [email protected] Reverse Garbage Queensland Co-op Ltd Harry Jennens, 0417 418 225 [email protected] www.earthworkercooperative.com.au 20 Burke Street, Woolloongabba, 4102 [email protected], Pesticides & Drinking Water: www.facebook.com/Earthworkercoop Ph 3891 9744 Coal: Anthony Amis (Melb), [email protected] @Earthworkercoop [email protected] Zianna Fuad, [email protected] Renewable Energy: GM Free Australia Alliance www.reversegarbageqld.com.au Chloe Aldenhoven, 0432 328 107 www.facebook.com/reversegarbageqld Pat Simons, 0415 789 961 Jessica Harrison, 0407 307 231 [email protected] @ReverseGarbageQ [email protected] [email protected] Community Energy: Save the Reef: www.gmfreeaustralia.org.au Sustainable Energy Now (WA) Em Gayfer, [email protected] June Norman (Bris), 0438 169 414 Food Irradiation Watch PO Box 341, West Perth WA 6872. www.sen.asn.au, [email protected] Divestment and Banks: [email protected], PO Box 5829, West End, Qld, 4101. ph Steve Gates 0400 870 887 Market Forces, ph (03) 9016 4449 Sustainable Cities & Public Transport: [email protected] [email protected], www.foodirradiationwatch.org Tulele Peisa (PNG) − Rachel Lynskey, 0481 288 211 ph Robin Taubenfeld 0411 118 737 ‘Sailing the waves on our own’ Finance & Divestment: [email protected] @FIWatch www.tulele-peisa.org Julien Vincent, [email protected] @WeSustainCities Goongerah Environment Centre Director: Ursula Rakova, Food and Emerging Tech: Tipping Point (climate action) [email protected], www.geco.org.au, @eastgippyforest Louise Sales (Tas) 0435 589 579 www.tippingpoint.org.au, ph 0011 675 7399 4806 www.facebook.com/GECOEastGippsland [email protected], [email protected] [email protected], [email protected], West Mallee Protection (SA) www.emergingtech.foe.org.au Trade & TPP: www.facebook.com/ ph Ed Hill 0414 199 645 or (03) 5154 0174 [email protected] Sam Castro, 0439 569 289 FoEEmergingTechProject Healthy Futures Wildlife of the Central Highlands [email protected], Forests: www.healthyfutures.net.au, (WOTCH): War and the Environment: Sarah Day, 0474 735 678 [email protected], Maggie Riddington (Vic) wotch.inc@ Margaret Pestorius, [email protected] [email protected] Harry 0417 418 225, Kate 0438 347 755 gmail.com , www.wotch.org.au, www. Robin Taubenfeld, 0411 118 737 Ed Hill, 0414 199 645, [email protected] facebook: Healthy Futures facebook.com/VICWOTCH [email protected] Edition #133 − September 2018 Publisher - Friends of the Earth, Australia Chain Reaction ABN 81600610421 FoE Australia ABN 18110769501 REGULAR ITEMS www.foe.org.au Membership & Donations Form 4 youtube.com/user/FriendsOfTheEarthAUS CONTENTS twitter.com/FoEAustralia FoE Australia News 6 facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Earth- FoE Australia Contacts inside front cover Australia/16744315982 flickr.com/photos/foeaustralia FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ARTICLES Chain Reaction website Quantifying risks to Australian drinking water quality – Anthony Amis 10 www.foe.org.au/chain-reaction Plan to sell Mother Nature down the river – Megan Williams 12 Chain Reaction contact details The proposed Nullinga Dam in North Queensland 13 PO Box 222,Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065. Concerns over spraying on Lake Tinaroo – John Glue 14 email: [email protected] The magnitude of the planetary crisis requires action of a similar size – Karin Nansen 15 phone: (03) 9419 8700 Several months on and still no protection for Mt Baw Baw quoll – Maggie Riddington 16 Chain Reaction team Wild Elements: A photo exhibition in support of East Gippsland’s old growth forests – Ed Hill 17 Jim Green, Tessa Sellar Vic logging experiment designed to kill threatened Greater Gliders – Ed Hill 18 Layout & Design It’s about time super funds came clean on climate – Julien Vincent 19 Tessa Sellar A tale of two valleys: The isolation of regional voices and their fight 20 for community resilience – Zianna Fuad Printing Rising tide of court cases threatens Shell – Sara Shaw and Freek Bersch 22 Arena Printing and Publishing, Melbourne Implications of climate change for Australia’s national security: 23 Printed on recycled paper Whose security do they have in mind? – Jyotishma Rajan and Wendy Flannery Subscriptions An overview of climate change related displacement, relocation 25 and migration challenges in the Pacific– Volker Boege Six issues (two years) A$33 Twelve issues (four years) A$60 Loss and damage in the international climate negotiations 28 See subscription ad in this issue of Chain Reaction (or see website and contact details above).