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The new CR is out! And full of interesting articles…

• Why the National Electricity Market is a disaster, and how to fix it
• The government is right to fund energy storage: a 100% renewable grid is within reach
• Will the Victorian Liberal’s anti-renewables stance cost it an election?
• Australia’s snubs nuclear weapons talks
• With Donald Trump in power, Australia urgently needs to re-evaluate its US bases
• Undemocratic, racist nuclear waste legislation should be dumped
• Fukushima nuclear disaster and the violation of women’s and children’s human rights
• Half of the world’s nuclear power industry is in crisis
• Militarism and environmentalism
• Victoria’s koala population needs protection
• Evidence mounts that nano-titanium dioxide in food may be harmful
• Food supply and the next generation of GM breeding
• Fracking’s frontier politics: The Northern Territory at an energy crossroads
• Why won’t Australia ratify an international deal to cut mercury pollution?
• Deep sea mining plans for Papua New Guinea raise alarm
• The troubling evolution of corporate greenwashing
• Famine doesn’t just ‘happen’ – and those who cause it must be held to account
• A new deal with capitalism requires a revolution in politics and markets
• Melbourne’s air warfare convention: ‘The ultimate family adventure’?
• Why ‘green-black’ alliances are less simple than they seem

View the issue here (PDF)

Mara Bonacci from FoE Melbourne attended the three meetings last week organised by FLAG and the CCSA; she spoke on 3d radio’s environment show about the meetings.

(link: http://enviroshow3d.tumblr.com/post/158651342064/mara-was-up-in-the-north-of-the-state-to-attend runs 14 mins)

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