Greetings Earthlings. Perhaps you're familiar with the plight of the American Chestnut tree? It's a long sad tale and it may get even sadder soon. Dr. Rachel Smolker and Anne Petermann of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees join us to see the forest for the trees during...
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A Rude Awakening On KPFA Interviews Dr. Rachel Smolker
Aug 21, 2020
Dr. Rachel Smolker discusses the request for USDA approval of genetically engineered (GE) American chestnut trees into wild forests with Sabrina Jacobs, host of A Rude Awakening on KPFA.
AGRA Watch Report Exposes CAS & the Gates Foundation
Aug 11, 2020
People protesting Genetically Engineered Trees in front of the IUFRO conference. Photo: Langelle The Cornell Alliance for Science (CAS), funded by the Gates Foundation, promotes agribusiness and crop biotechnology, including genetically engineered (GE or genetically...
Former TACF chapter president says no to GE Chestnuts and yes to real forests
Aug 6, 2020
Lois Breault-Melican, former president of the Rhode Island American Chestnut Foundation explains why she and her husband, Denis, resigned in protest over current plans to seed natural forests with genetically engineered (GE) American Chestnuts. Lois explains how TACF...
Researchers Working To Replace Nature One GMO At A Time
Jul 28, 2020
Medium 27 July 2020 Theresa Church The University of New England (UNE) is partnering with SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF) to develop the first ever genetically engineered (GE) forest tree for release into the wild. UNE has a request pending...
Bangor Daily New Publishes Op Ed on GE American Chestnut
Jul 21, 2020
Genetically engineered trees do not belong in our forests Bangor Daily News 19 July 2020 Theresa Church The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a rare interlude to evaluate the notion of business as usual. It has exposed mounting flaws and inequalities as a result of the...
Genetically Modified Chestnuts Imperil Forests
Jul 15, 2020
On Saturday 7 July 2020, The Scranton Times Tribune ran an op ed by Anne Petermann, International Coordinator for the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees titled Genetically Modified Chestnuts Imperil Forests. The following is Peterman’s submission to the...
In Reconsidering ‘Normalcy’ Genetically Engineered Trees Do Not Belong
Jul 10, 2020
Mom's Across America 10 July 2020 Theresa Church The global pandemic of Covid-19 has challenged the notion of business as usual and exposed a systemic crisis rooted in capitalism and the neoliberal economic model. The pandemic has proliferated in unpredictable...
We Respond: Letter Published in New York Times Challenges Support for GE Trees
May 18, 2020
Global Justice Ecology Project, which coordinates the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, submitted the letter below to the New York Times Magazine–it was published in its print edition on Sunday, May 17th. The letter was submitted in response to a piece written by Gabriel...
On International Women’s Day: A Look Back At Women’s Actions Against GE Trees In Brazil
Mar 6, 2020
GJEP has worked in solidarity with the MST in Brazil to stop the use of GE trees there since 2006. We strongly oppose Brazil’s outrageous decision in 2015 to legalize genetically engineered eucalyptus trees. Brazil’s irresponsible approval of this experimental tree...