Anne Petermann of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees and Global Justice Ecology Project was a recent guest on the 8 O'Clock Buzz show, which airs on WORT 89.9 FM out of Madison, Wisconsin. "Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, talks...
While the idiocy and racism surrounding the president and white supremacists in Charlottesville, NC dominates the news cycle, PBS Newshour has included the USDA's push to approve genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in this week's '5 Important Stories You Might...
Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen faces near unanimous opposition to commercial deregulation of their genetically engineered...
Councils retain right to regulate GE trees The Soil & Health Association is thrilled that newly released standards for forestry no longer include a controversial clause that would have allowed the planting of genetically engineered (GE) trees across New...
Environmental Guidance in Forestry Standards Is Welcomed NEW ZEALAND - The National Environmental Standards - Plantation Forestry released this week gives both plantation businesses and communities clear guidelines on how to protect the environment, according to GE...
While the public anxiously awaits the USDA's final decision regarding the approval of the commercial release of ArborGen's highly controversial GE eucalyptus trees, even the high profile GE tree professor Steve Strauss has his doubts. In an article released by the...
Project Earth, an environmental blog from the Gizmodo Media Group, recently published an article With US's First Genetically Modified Tree Comes a Forest of Potential Problems featuring information and data from the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. Writer Lucas Isakowitz...
USDA Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network 19 July 2017 New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen [1] faces...
Consumer Affairs recently published an article titled, Forest industry wants to blanket the south with invasive, flammable tree species, which covers ArborGen's plans to legalize and spread genetically engineered eucalyptus plantations throughout the country. While...
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...