International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations is Sept. 21 https://youtu.be/SWulBYNTTFA?list=PLFiV4ZqarMQil1esbPFTQlO1PlyoaTLON September 21, the International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, is a day for organizations, networks and...
Climate Justice
Breaking: European Court Placing Gene Editing Technique Under GMO Law
Jul 25, 2018
BREAKING: European Court Places Gene Editing Technique Under GMO Law This ruling could result in the declaration of gene edited trees or seeds imported into Europe as GMOs. - Campaign to STOP GE Trees The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today published...
NEPA UNDER ATTACK! TELL TRUMP ‘HANDS OFF NAT’L ENV LAW’ BEFORE AUG. 20
Jul 13, 2018
NEPA UNDER ATTACK! TELL TRUMP ‘HANDS OFF NAT’L ENV LAW’ BEFORE AUG. 20 Note: Thanks to a major effort by eco and other groups in the US (including GJEP), the period for commenting on the government’s attempt to gut one of the country’s strongest remaining...
TOP CLIMATE SCIENTIST JOINS COALITION IN CALLING FOR AN END TO CLEARCUTS AND TIMBER PLANTATIONS
Jul 11, 2018
TOP CLIMATE SCIENTIST JOINS COALITION IN CALLING FOR AN END TO CLEARCUTS AND TIMBER PLANTATIONS One of the world’s leading climate scientists joined a coalition of 18 conservation, scientific, and community organizations calling on Oregon’s new Carbon Policy Office...
Chile: Mega Forest Fires, Corporate Crime and Impunity
Jul 10, 2018
Chile: Mega Forest Fires, Corporate Crime and Impunity Tree plantation companies have enormous power and impunity in Chile. The fires of 2017 demonstrated the collusion between these companies and public officials to prevent investigations and criminalize the...
GMO Chestnuts in Chestnut Ridge Park?
Jul 5, 2018
GMO Chestnuts in Chestnut Ridge Park? This Op-Ed, written by GJEP Executive Director Anne Petermann was published in The Public, a local weekly paper in Buffalo, NY in response to articles in the Buffalo News extolling the virtues of using GE American chestnuts as...
Biosafety in Danger – How Industry, Researchers and Negotiators Collaborate to Undermine the UN Biodiversity Convention
Jun 29, 2018
Documents released to Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) by the Dutch Ministry of Health reveal an industry-aligned collaboration between biotech corporations, researchers and regulators, that seeks to weaken UN biosafety discussions on risk assessment of GMOs and new...
The Energy Charter Treaty and the Power of Corporations to Halt the Energy Transition
Jun 13, 2018
The Energy Charter Treaty and the Power of Corporations to Halt the Energy Transition Nina Holland, steering committee member with the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, is a researcher and campaigners for Corporate Europe Observatory. Published by Corporate Europe...
Renewable Energy Subsidy Rule Changes Rule Out Inefficient Biomass Combined Heat and Power Projects
Jun 8, 2018
Renewable Energy Subsidy Rule Changes Rule Out Inefficient Biomass Combined Heat and Power Projects Biofuelwatch is part of the Campaign to Stop GE Trees Planning Committee New rule changes, published yesterday, to conditions for Contracts for Difference for...
Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement Demands Unity Among Progressive Forces
May 16, 2018
The MST has publicly denounced and taken action against GE trees. In solidarity, we are sharing their message. Brazil is experiencing a deep economic, political, social and environmental crisis as a result of the international crisis of capitalism and the...