Issue #135 April 2019 chain RRP $5.50 reacti n The National Magazine of Friends of the Earth Australia www.foe.org.au Students strike for climate action! Gender justice and dismantling patriarchy Racism in Australia; Terrorism in Christchurch Australian miners linked to death and destruction abroad Gene editing experts call for a moratorium Adani law firm’s ‘attack dog’ strategy Aboriginal voices missing from Murray-Darling crisis Why waste-carbon injection is dangerous War, blood lust and the Avalon Airshow How privatisation and economic reform backfired 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. 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Membership and fundraising coordinator Megan Williams, 0452 366 605 Zianna Fuad (Melb), [email protected], FoE Australia Contacts inside front cover Jemila Rushton, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.bgff.org.au, Join Friends of the Earth 4 (03) 9419 8700, 0426 962 506 www.melbournefoe.org.au/river_country Richard Wittenoom 0427 611 511 Friends of the Earth Australia News 5 International Act on Climate: Sustainable Cities Campaign: FoE Brisbane CONTENTS Liaison Officers Leigh Ewbank, 0406 316 176 Rachel Lynskey, 0481 288 211 Subscribe to Chain Reaction 9 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 STUDENTS STRIKE FOR CLIMATE ACTION Waste & Consumption campaign Emma Harvey (Melb), ph (07) 3171 2255, ACE Nuclear Free Collective: 150,000 students strike for climate action around Australia 10 [email protected] [email protected], Jim Green, 0417 318 368 Anine Cummins, [email protected] Edition #135 − April 2019 Franklin Bruinstroop (Bris), 0466 319 323 https://brisbane.foe.org.au [email protected], Yes 2 Renewables: Why these Australian students will strike for climate change action 11 [email protected], Jessica Lawson [email protected] Pat Simons, 0415 789 961 Publisher - Friends of the Earth, Australia Peace, anti-nuclear and clean The climate change strike: from a student who was there – Aceda Rose 12 Pat Simons (Melb), 0415 789 961 [email protected] Chain Reaction ABN 81600610421 energy (PACE) campaign: Coal & Gas Free Victoria: [email protected], www.yes2renewables.org FoE Australia ABN 18110769501 Climate change is sexist: why I’m striking to support girls around the globe – Lauren Lancaster 13 Robin Taubenfeld, 0411 118 737 Ursula Alquier, [email protected] Sam Cossar-Gilbert, @yes2renewables www.foe.org.au [email protected] @PACECollective Dirt Radio: FoE Perth youtube.com/user/FriendsOfTheEarthAUS June Norman (Bris), 0438 169 414 [email protected] www.3cr.org.au/dirtradio, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Mondays 10:30am and [email protected], twitter.com/FoEPerth twitter.com/FoEAustralia [email protected], Pacific & Torres Strait Islands Solidarity: International Women’s Day needs to return to its 14 Tuesdays 9:30am on 3CR, www.facebook.com/FriendsofthePEarth/ Wendy Flannery, 0439 771 692 www.facebook.com/FoEAustralia radical roots – Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Ana Ines Abelenda Financial contributions [email protected], www.facebook.com/DirtRadio Local contact: Karun Cowper flickr.com/photos/foeaustralia Tara Stevenson, [email protected] 0420 714 427 [email protected] Gender justice and dismantling patriarchy 15 FoE Far North Queensland Economic Justice Collective: (03) 9419 8700, 1300 852 081(Freecall) www.melbourne.foe.org.au/economic_ FoE Southwest WA PO Box 795, Kuranda, Qld, 4881. Chain Reaction website International Women’s Day 2019 16 justice, [email protected] Membership issues Ph John Glue 0477 771 384 Joan Jenkins (South Bunbury), 0428 389 087, [email protected] www.foe.org.au/chain-reaction Melbourne: (03) 9419 8700, 0426 962 506 email [email protected] or [email protected] Food co-op: RACISM IN AUSTRALIA; TERRORISM IN CHRISTCHURCH www.foefnq.org.au, [email protected], ph (03) 9417 4382 Jemila Rushton, [email protected] FoE Sydney Chain Reaction contact details Other states − see Local Group contacts. www.facebook.com/FriendsoftheEarthFNQ Jason Ray, [email protected] Calling out those who created a toxic environment for Muslims – Susie Latham 33 Forest Collective: PO Box 222,Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065. www.foe.org.au/Sydney [email protected], email: [email protected] Tears for Christchurch: Australia first imported hate in 1788. 34 www.facebook.com/foesydney www.melbournefoe.org.au/forests phone: (03) 9419 8700 Now we’re in the export business. – Chris Graham National campaigns, projects and spokespeople twitter.com/FOESydney Anti-Nuclear and Clean Energy (ACE): Latin America Indigenous Chain Reaction team Jim Green (Melb), 0417 318 368 communities solidarity: OTHER ARTICLES Affiliate members Jim Green, Tessa Sellar [email protected], Marisol Salinas, [email protected] Australian Student Dirty deeds: how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction – Julia Dehm 18 Robin Taubenfeld (Bris), 0411 118 737 The Hub Foundation, Castlemaine Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Environment Network (ASEN) Layout & Design [email protected], http://mash.org.au/about-the-hub-foundation Gina and Twiggy’s South American adventure – Anthony Amis 20 Megan Williams, 0452 366 605 [email protected], www.asen.org.au, Claire Anderson (Perth), 0455 958 270 [email protected], 0455 589 065 Tessa Sellar Leading gene editing experts call for a moratorium on its use in humans – Louise Sales 22 [email protected] www.facebook.com/asen.org.au, [email protected], In Our Nature Climate Frontlines (Pacific & Torres Anisa 0434 623 164, Lily 0432 023 705, Printing Adani’s new law firm put forward ‘trained attack dog’ strategy for waging legal ‘war’– Josh Robertson 23 Climate Justice: Kitobo Colobus Project in Kenya. 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