GLBrain.com recently published a piece by John Nelson titled, "Genetically-Engineered Trees and Our Health" that bases much of its information on A Silent Forest, a GE trees documentary narrated by Dr. David Suzuki. It has a lot of good information in it, but a more...
Crosscut.com recently published a piece by Alec Connon, organizer at 350 Seattle, focusing on the fact that influential public officials don't seem to understand the fact that burning wood is not “carbon-neutral”. The debate over whether the burning of forest biomass...
European and US development funds are bankrolling palm oil company Feronia Inc despite land and labour conflicts at its plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). New information now raises questions as to whether the Canadian-based company misused...
Via BiofuelWatch: The revised Renewable Energy Directive presented by the European Commission today [1] will cause added harm to forests and people, environmental justice campaigners [2] have warned. Its boost to wood-based bioenergy, is set to increase...
Citizens/environment will not be impacted by novel experiment releasing millions of GE mosquitoes WASHINGTON— The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will not move forward with the controversial release of millions of genetically engineered (GE)...
Global Justice Ecology Project co-signed on the letter related to this SynBioWatch release. CANCUN, MEXICO – This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity to establish a moratorium...
The following article from Climate News Network confirms what the Campaign to STOP GE Trees has been saying for years - that monoculture tree plantations are bad for the planet, wildlife and human beings. Efforts to genetically modify trees for industry will only make...
Originally published by CommonDreams.org: By Andrea Germanos Much attention has been given to the deforestation in the Amazon and the environmental impacts that go with it. But in 2014, the American Great Plains—an area stretching from Texas into...
UPDATE: The New York Times piece below includes footage from the Chico Mendes documentary Voice of the Amazon by Miranda Productions. The documentary is now available in full here for free. The New York Times continued their RETRO REPORT video series with a short...
By CHRIS LANG Via REDDMonitor.org In 2014, Brazil’s deforestation rate was reported to be about 75% below the average for 1996 to 2005. But in recent years, Brazil’s deforestation rate has been going back up, despite the fact that the country is going through its...