By Sue Branford and Maurício Torres Originally published by MongaBay.com: MP 759 changes a key land program to make acquisition better for wealthy land thieves and worse for peasant families — a huge threat to the Amazon rainforest, say experts. MP 759, signed...
Global Justice Ecology Project/Campaign to STOP GE Trees GE Trees Campaigner Ruddy Turnstone was a recent guest on the Progressive News Network show hosted by Rick Spisak. The discussion surrounded the petition campaign encouraging the USDA to not approve genetically...
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 6 de JULIO, 2017 Contacto: Center for Food Safety (Centro de Seguro Alimentaria): pr@centerforfoodsafety.org, +1.202.547.9359 Tess Ipolito, Global Justice Ecology Project and Campaign to STOP GE Trees (Proyecto...
Major news outlets are reporting on the news that over 250,000 signatures have been collected telling the USDA to not approve genetically engineered eucalyptus trees. RT.com interviewed Campaign to STOP GE Trees coordinator Anne Petermann for their feature: Petermann...
Washington, DC — Well over a quarter of a million people and 500 organizations submitted comments yesterday rejecting the commercialization of ArborGen Inc.’s genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees, which, if approved, would be the first-ever GE forest tree...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 6, 2017 Contact: Center for Food Safety: pr@centerforfoodsafety.org, +1.202.547.9359 Tess Ipolito, Global Justice Ecology Project and Campaign to STOP GE Trees tess@globaljusticeecology.org +1.716.867.4080 Overwhelming...
Tree plantations were a primary culprit behind the spread of the devastating 2016 Chilean wildfires. The implementation of genetically engineered trees will only exacerbate the many problems caused by tree plantations. Photo via Wikipedia. Help stop the USDA from...
WATCH: Pulp and Paper Industry a Culprit in Spread of Chilean Wildfires https://youtu.be/4HqNcUMdnwA Originally published in Spanish by Puntofinal.cl. Translated into English through Google Translate. Resistance to the forest business grows in several points of...
The wildfire in Portugal that killed 61 people earlier this month were caused by eucalyptus tree plantations according to critics like Catarina Martins the leader of the Left Bloc, a progressive political party in Portugal. “After what happened, things have to...
Do you live in the Southeast US? Please help us spread the word about the July 5 deadline for public comments on the potential approval of genetically engineered tree plantations on the Southeast! Share the following letter (or use it to inspire your own letter) to...