(Sign on below) Researchers are developing a genetically engineered (GE) American chestnut tree and hope to win government approval to plant it throughout the forests of the Eastern US where the … [Read more...]
MEDIA ALERT- May 14 Telepress Conf; Who is behind push for GE chestnut trees & why it matters
MEDIA ALERT - 13 May 2019 CONTACT: +1.314.210.1322; steve@globaljusticeecology.org WEBINAR DETAILS FOR TUESDAY, May 14th TELEPRESS CONFERENCE “Who is Behind the Effort to Legalize … [Read more...]
Major New White Paper on GE American Chestnut Released
Biotechnology for Forest Health? The Test Case of the Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Download the 48 page white paper here: … [Read more...]
Organic Insider Takes on GE American Chestnut Trees
How the Ag-Biotech Industry is Attempting to Manipulate Public Opinion with Unproven Genetically-Engineered Chestnut Trees Source: Organic Insider 8 May 2019 In the 1800s, the American chestnut … [Read more...]
14 May 2019 GE American Chestnut Telepresser Background Information
Telepress Conference Media Alert “Who is Behind the Effort to Legalize Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Trees and Why it Matters” Damning new White Paper on GE American chestnut trees, … [Read more...]
Dr. Rachel Smolker debates risks of deregulating GE American chestnut trees on NPR’s On Point Program
How GMOs Might Save The American Chestnut Tree This program aired 29 April 2019 and was hosted Meghna Chakrabarti. The program is heavily tipped in favor of the two men who speak in favor of using … [Read more...]
GE American chestnuts vs. Indigenous Peoples’ Sovereignty
Note: The assertion that the American chestnut could be restored using GE technologies is not at all certain. Tests have only been run for 12 or so years, while AC trees can live for over 200 years. … [Read more...]
Genetically Engineered American Chestnut White Paper Executive Summary
Biotechnology for Forest Health: The Test Case of the Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Executive Summary The American chestnut, once a dominant species in eastern North American forests, … [Read more...]
KPFK Earth Minute on Chestnut Advocates Resigning Over GE Trees
Earth Minute 4/17/19, Sojourner Truth show, KPFK Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles Anne Petermann, Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project, discusses the decision by two Board members of the … [Read more...]
Analysis of Survey on Public Acceptance of Forest Health Biotechnologies
Analysis of the 2015 survey: FOREST HEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES: WHAT ARE THE DRIVERS OF PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE Prepared By Adam Koranyi, CUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, … [Read more...]
