Jim Green (activist)

Jim Green
Green at the Melbourne GPO in March 2011
Education	PhD
Alma mater	University of Wollongong
Occupation	Anti-nuclear activist

Jim Green is an anti-nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth Australia, and a regular media commentator on nuclear issues.

Early life and education

Jim Green has an honours degree in public health from the University of Wollongong and was awarded a PhD in science and technology studies for his analysis of the Lucas Heights research reactor debates,^[1] titled "Reactors, Radioisotopes & the HIFAR Controversy".^[2]

Issues

Green campaigns against the use of nuclear technology in Australia, and as of June 2026 is national nuclear campaigner for Friends of the Earth Australia.^[3] Green, along with nuclear radiologist Peter Karamoskos, say there is growing scientific confidence in the linear no-threshold model for ionising radiation.^[4]

Green has been a regular media commentator on nuclear issues,^[5] and wrote numerous articles for Green Left between 2005 and 2009.^[6]

References

↑ EnergyScience Coalition energyscience.org.au
↑ "Reactors, Radioisotopes & the HIFAR Controversy" (1997), Department of Science & Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, Australia
↑ "Friends of the Earth Australia's Nuclear Free Campaign". Retrieved 21 June 2026.
↑ Green, Jim; Karamoskos, Peter (18 April 2011). "Do we know the Chernobyl death toll?". The Drum. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011.
↑ Green, Jim (28 March 2012). "Dumping on Traditional Owners: the ugly face of Australian racism". ABC News. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
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- (2005, September) "Nuclear Power: No Solution to Climate Change"
- (2006) "Australia, Uranium and Nuclear Power", International Journal of Environmental Studies, 63 (6), pp 845–857 (with J. Falk and G. Mudd)
- (24 November 2006) "No to Howard's nuclear madness", Green Left
- (3 August 2007) "James Lovelock and the big bang", Green Left
- (2 November 2007) "Nuclear power and water scarcity", Green Left (with Sue Wareham)
- (25 October 2009) Nuclear debate: A dangerous option that won't solve climate change Green Left.

Anti-nuclear movement in Australia
Organisations and groups	The Australia Institute Australian Conservation Foundation Australian Greens Australian Labor Party Campaign Against Nuclear Energy Conservation Council of South Australia Friends of the Earth Australia Greenpeace Australia Pacific Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta Mineral Policy Institute Nuclear Disarmament Party Peace Organisation of Australia The Wilderness Society
People	Dorothy Auchterlonie Green David Bradbury Bob Brown Eileen Kampakuta Brown Kevin Buzzacott Helen Caldicott Moss Cass Ian Cohen Michael Denborough Mark Diesendorf Jim Falk Peter Garrett Jim Green Margaret Holmes Jacqui Katona Sandra Kanck Ian Lowe Scott Ludlam Yvonne Margarula Dee Margetts Jean Melzer Kerry Nettle Tilman Ruff Nancy Shelley Jo Vallentine Patrick White Stuart White Eileen Wani Wingfield
Books	Britain, Australia and the Bomb Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Maralinga: Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-up Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option
See also	Australia and weapons of mass destruction Australian Uranium Association List of inquiries into uranium mining in Australia Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear power in Australia Nuclear weapons tests in Australia Olympic Dam mine Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry Renewable energy commercialization Renewable energy in Australia Say Yes demonstrations Uranium mining in Australia Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park

Anti-nuclear movement
Protests and groups	Anti-nuclear organizations Anti-nuclear power groups Anti-nuclear protests Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Greenpeace International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons International Day against Nuclear Tests International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Mayors for Peace Nuclear Information and Resource Service Nevada Desert Experience Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign Peace Action and SANE Physicians for Social Responsibility Pembina Institute Sortir du nucléaire World Uranium Hearing
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People	Tadatoshi Akiba Daniel Berrigan Albert Bigelow Helen Caldicott Norman Cousins Gordon Edwards Albert Einstein Randall Forsberg John Gofman Jim Green Paul Gunter Otto Hahn Nobuto Hosaka Jackie Hudson Kate Hudson Ole Kopreitan David Lange Amory Lovins Bernard Lown Caroline Lucas Freda Meissner-Blau Gregory Minor Hermann Joseph Muller Kenzaburō Ōe Linus Pauling Mike Pentz C. F. Powell Adi Roche Joseph Rotblat Bertrand Russell Jens Scheer Jonathan Schell Albert Schweitzer Christopher Weeramantry
Media	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Books about nuclear issues Films about nuclear issues Nuclear holocaust fiction Nuclear weapons in popular culture Songs about nuclear war and weapons The Bomb
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Early life and education

Issues

See also

References