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...
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Fight Against GE Eucalyptus in US Gets Major Media Coverage
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...
Quarter of a Million People Say ‘NO’ to First-Ever GE Forest Tree Proposed for US
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...
Quarter of a Million People Say ‘NO’ to First-Ever GE Forest Tree Proposed for US
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...
Transgenic Trees are a Threat to Forests
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...
Monoculture Eucalyptus Plantations Caused Deadly Wildfires
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...
Stop GE Trees in the Southeast! Share this Letter With Your Local Newspaper
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...
Southeast Is Ground Zero for Genetically Engineered Trees
Originally published by EcoWatch By BJ McManama Indigenous Environmental Network ArborGen Corporation, a multinational conglomerate and leading supplier of seedlings for commercial forestry applications, has submitted an approval request to the U.S. Department...
Los incendios en Portugal: Un Resultado de la Industria Forestal
22 de junio de 2017: Para la liberación inmediata de la campaña Alto a los Árboles Transgénicos Los incendios forestales en Portugal han sido calificados como “el peor desastre de este tipo en la historia reciente”. Decenas de personas murieron carbonizadas en...
Incêndios florestais em Portugal: Resultado da Indústria da Madeira
22 de junho de 2017: Para liberação imediata da campanha para deter árvores transgênicas Os incêndios florestais em Portugal vêm sendo chamados de “o pior desastres desse tipo na história recente”. Dezenas de pessoas morreram em seus carros enquanto tentavam...