American - Chinese hybrid bur taken at the The American Chestnut Foundation annual meeting last fall in Rocket City. photo: Orin Langelle/photolangelle.org Counterpunch, 7 March 2019 by Steve Taylor, GJEP A group of scientists led by Dr. William Powell are attempting...
New Report: “Real” vs. “Fake” Forests: Why Tree Plantations Are Not Forests Loblolly Pine Plantation, South Carolina, USA. Photo: Petermann In the attached report “Real” vs. “Fake” Forests: Why Tree Plantations Are Not Forest," Dominick A DellaSala discusses in...
Environmental and human rights activist, Rosane Santiago Silveira tortured and murdered in Brazil Source: Rede Brasil Atual 13 February 2019 Environmental and human rights activist, Rosane Santiago Silveira was brutally tortured and murdered in the city of Nova Viçosa...
Researchers Want to Release Unproven GE American Chestnut Trees in Wild Forests January 30, 2019 For Immediate Release New York–In its report, Forest Health and Biotechnology ; Possibilities and Considerations the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...
NAS Warns US Regulations Unprepared for GE Trees Four members of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees) testified before the NAS about the social and ecological dangers of releasing GE trees into wild forests in 2018. From Nature: Transgenic trees face rocky path from farm to...
Global Justice Ecology Project received this video from a Brazilian activist on the ground there. The video comes from the Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB). It is a strong critique against Brazil's newly inaugurated right wing fascist...
USDA’s New Disclosure Rule for Genetically Engineered Food Will Leave Many Consumers in the Dark Information Will be Hard to Access, Rule Omits Many Genetically Engineered Foods WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new disclosure rule issued today by the U.S. Department of...
Here We Go Again: Genetically Engineered Banana Narrative Pushed by GMO Lobby "The banana is dying and only GM can save it" is a recurring crisis narrative of the GMO lobby – but the real answers to the problem of disease in bananas go unmentioned. By CLAIRE ROBINSON...
Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Tree Called ‘Trojan Horse’ Aimed at Opening Door to Commercialize GE Trees Opponents accuse researchers of seeking USDA approval for "iconic" GE American chestnut trees to evade widespread opposition to genetic...
Eucalyptus Plantations, Toilet Paper Companies Devastate Brazilian Town The devastating social and ecological impacts of plantations, especially eucalyptus are well documented and vast. Freeze tolerant genetically engineered eucalyptus trees could allow eucalyptus...