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 #134, December 2018
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FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ARTICLES
- FoE Australia News
- A dead river's a real drag ‒ Fox Pflueger
- Australian miners hone in on Ecuador ‒ Anthony Amis
- States reject proposal to deregulate new genetic modification techniques ‒ Louise Sales
- Rethink Melbourne's North East Link ‒ Rachel Lynskey
- Indramayu farmers against coal power ‒ Wahyu Widianto
- Resist fascism: building food sovereignty from people's unity ‒Martín Drago
- People Power in action: Communities in England resist fracking
ENERGY & CLIMATE
- Four key steps to take Australia towards 100 per cent renewable electricity ‒ Mark Diesendorf
- Port Augusta shows off its green energy credentials ‒ Stephen Long
- The energy of Thomas Playford ‒ David Faber
- REN21 Renewables 2018 Global Status Report
- Yes, Prime Minister, I'm striking from school
- What would a fair energy transition look like? ‒ Franziska Mey and Chris Briggs
NUCLEAR
- UN nuclear weapons ban treaty spurs research on impact of nuclear testing ‒ Matthew Bolton
- ANSTO nuclear waste to compromise safety and security in SA ‒ David Noonan
- Matt Canavan's 'urgent' new nuclear waste dump: The devil is in the detail ‒ Dave Sweeney
- Don't dump on South Australia rally ‒ Mara Bonacci
- Australian Nuclear Free Alliance 2018 meeting
- Western Australian uranium industry on the brink ‒ Mia Pepper
- Nuclear industry insiders and lobbyists learns to love the bomb ‒ Jim Green
OTHER ARTICLES
- Margaret Thorsbourne
- How the environmental justice movement transforms our world
- Almost four environmental defenders a week killed in 2017 ‒ Jonathan Watts
- Agent Orange — a humanitarian concern we can do something about ‒ Charles Bailey
- Working to protect cassowaries in far-north Queensland ‒ Ingrid Marker
- It's time for Australia to stop arms promotion ‒ Medical Association for Prevention of War
- Sitting here on Djapwurrung country protecting sacred trees ‒ Amanda Mahonet
- Chemical pollutants ‒ Just because the amounts are small, does it mean they are safe? ‒ Alfred Poulos
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PAST ISSUES
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.